GANDHI'S LEAD.
MANY FOLLOWERS. Civil Disobedience Campaign in India. ARREST PROPOSED ? (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11 a.m.) DELHI, March 10. Extremists in many centres in India, following Gandhi's lead, are organising a campaign of civil disobedience. An important Sikh social organisation in the Punjab has placed 5000 volunteers at Gandhi's disx>osal. Gandhi has decided to leave his settlement near Ahmedabad on Wednesday, accompanied by 100 volunteers and male disciples, and hopes to reach Jalalpore, on the coast near Surat, in the Bombay Presidency, in three weeks. Five hundred British troops, stationed at Thow, have been ordered to stand by to proceed to Ahmedabad if required. Native papers publish a report to the effect that Gandhi will be arrested before Wednesday and deported. ARMY IN INDIA. NO NEED FOR INCREASE(British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, March 10. The Secretary for India, Captain Wedgewood Benxi, replying to a question in the House of Commons, said that rio representations had been made to him for an increase of the British Army in India and he was satisfied that its present strength was sufficient for all emergencies.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 59, 11 March 1930, Page 7
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