Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-17
INDIAN MOB ROUTED
AS RULE T|GHTENS
One Killed and Two Injured.
Many Arrests Force Rebels
to Hide.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOMBAY, India, January l5.-Ons
person was killed and two were injured
when police fired into mob that had
stoned them at Berhampore. Bengal,
today.
England also continued her onslaught
of ordinances against Mahatma Gandhis
legion of violent Nationalist
throughout India
His feminine army of picketers, who
previously had been relatively free from
arrest, were being gathered in for urg-
ing the Indian public to boycott British
products. Their organizer director, DR..
N. S. Hardikar, was arrested for his
membership in Gandhis Nationalist
Congress, which has been outlawed.
Regarded as Congress Chief.
DR.. Hardikar, who has spent some
time in the United States, is popularity
referred to as commander in chief Of
the congress forces"
Jamnala Bajaj. wealthy merchant
philanthropist, acting treasurer of the
Congress funds and member of Gand-
his cabinet, likewise was arrested on
a similar charge. He had been sum-
moned here for peace conference by
Pandit Malaviya, leading negotiator
OF India with the British in the past
thousands of other Nationalist
throughout India, including a large
number OF students at Calcutta, also
have been arrested
Gandhi appealed to the nation lust
before his recent Imprisonment not to
export gold. but India continues to shin
the metal to England. Thus it Is help
ing to lift, financiers say, the depre-
clated British pound sterling to high
er value.
More than 100000 in gold was
shipped to London today. India has
sent more than $780, 900 900 worth since
England abandoned the gold standard
and If the present rate is maintained
the shipments are expected to double
last years world output of gold, valued
at approximately S42O 900 600
Gold is the standard of value In
india to greater extent than in any
other country. All classes hoard il in
the form of jewelry, coins and DINER
valuables. Whenever an Indians wants
paper money he sends his gold articles
10 the Government mint here in ex-
change,
Gandhi has told the Indians thew
would be fools" to part with gold to
what ne called bankrupt" England
In exchange for rupees or notes whose
future value promises to depreciate to-
ward zero as did the value Of the Ger
man mark"
II the outflow of gold continues" he
sale, India soon will become bank
rupt"
Although fortnight has elapsed
since Gandhi was dragged from his
bed and whisked away to prison, the
whole country appears still stunned.
Newspapers throughout the country
print whole pages of arrests searches,
INES, imprisonments and conhscations.
Even members of the Nationalist Con-
gress who write In chalk on sidewalks
notices OF proposed political meetings
are arrested under the government's
repressive measures.
Secret Meetings Held.
To carry the Nationalist flag or to
shout boycott slogans is penal offense,
In order to foil the police, Congress
members have resorted TO planting
their flags on high trees, telegraph
poles and other almost inaccessible
places.
Nationalist sympathizers in the in
AASAa AoA sc LiCCLiliSS III Tie QeDLnS
OF forests. where they are comparatively
immune from police raids.
Police have used their long sticks
less forcefully thus far than they did
last year, except at Tiruppur, where
Two Nationalist volunteers suffered frac-
tured skulls. One of them died.
On the other hand, sentences i'm.
poseo upon Nationalist officials haye
been relatively severe. M. v. Abyankar,
president OF the local Congress Orgari-
cation at Nagpur, and the local secre-
tary were sentenced to three years at
hard labor and fined $4,000 each, the
Zines to be collected through confisca-
ton of their property. The sentences
were imposed because the men were
officials of Gandhi's organization, which
has been outlaWed BY the government.