Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-26
World Marvels at Triumph
Of Gandhi Fight for Liberty

anywhere In the world can think that
the battle for Indian freedom, as for
the freedom Of the race, has been COM
promised or abandoned" thinks the Co
lumbia Is. CO. State.
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Finding Of special significance the re-
cent peace pact between the Moslems
and Hindus, which followed ON the heels
Of the political truce between India and
Great Britain, the Flint Daily Journal
says: Religious strife has been one Of
midas greatest tragedies. 1t has cost
thousands Of lives in recent years and
appeared to offer a permanent stumbling
block to the establishment Of response
BILE self-government."
OF the second Round Table Confer
ence, to be held this time in Delhi, the
Philadelphia Inquirer offers the esti-
mate: 1.-THE first Round Table Confer
ence went as far toward satisfying In
dian nationalist feeling as was prac-
tical; and It may be doubted II the
second can do more" The San Antonio
Express sees diflcult tasks before the
conference and predicts that 1t prob
ably viii last for some months, consid-
ering the numerous interests TO be
reconciled and the complex problems
C4a
nal sees It, "Time viii wear on slowly,
nevertheless. The metamorphoSis Of
India into q dominion will not come in
q trice. There are many other queS-
tons to be settled, among those who
must build the new kind Of state. Re-
ligious cleavages have yet to be bridged,
and many old sores healed. Yet the
brightest sun in century now shines
on India, and the thinking world with
mt the R0T1fnne If fha Efftfah EYT4Y1iro
will cheer British and Indians alike In
the new dawn"
Meanwhile the present settlement Is
expected to have o reviving influence on
world trade. According to the New
York Herald Tribune, "India, with its
population of 4O0, 000. 900, has been out
Of the world market, and the campaign
OF civil disobedience has spelled grief
for many industries in England and
England. Undoubtedly the chaotic
Indian situation also affected the
United States adversely, II in smaller
measure" continues this journal, point
ing out that India has become an In
creaSingly important buyer Of our
goods. Now that this market Is to be
restored to the world it is not difficult
to see why silver and textile interests
are jubilant," It concludes. The ASH
AaLlQ OAliy independent sees WORLD
progress and prosperity vitality affected
by this treaty"
As to the method by which Gandhi
gained his victory for India the Tex
arkana Gazette states: Had he raised
an armed force to fight the British he
would have been utterly crushed.
Without lighting he came out victorious,
with the teeming millions of India
solidly behind him." The Danbury
Evening News thinks that even hard
boiled American go-getters must pause
and genuflect trifie in the presence of
this Gandhi who, refusing to strike q
blow, has nevertheless won q great vic
tory for his cause, great victory for
human right"
According to the Toledo Blade, "his
Is . weird personality in q mysterious
his simplicity is without pre-
tense and his humility exalts him in
the minds Of his people. II not In the
opinion OF the world" AS the Oklahoma
City Daily Oklahoman puts it, 1.-THE
little man Of India, weighing less than
100 pounds, resembling more an over
sized dried herring than o human being,
this remarkable creature commands the
attention Of the world at time when
statesmen look upon seeming world
wide chaos and are palsied."