INDIAN PROBLEM.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN CLOTH. GANDHT’k SCHEME FOR DISPOSAL (United Press Association —Copyright). (Received Thus Day, 8.25 a.m) DELHI. March 19. A scheme drawn up by Mahatma Gandhi for the disposal of stocks of British and foreign cloth at present held by dealers throughout India- was 'accepted by representatives of. important mills at Bombay, Bavoda- and Ahmedabad. The Conference agreed that a new agency be formed, with the object of re-exporting to countries outside India the existing stocks of foreign cloth, the losses being slmred by merchants and Congress. Ihe merchants have undertaken to cease dealing in foreign cloth.
AGREEMENT WITH GANDHI. DESCRIBED AS SURRENDER. LONDON, Alarcli 19. “You will never be able to come to terms with Gandhi,” said Air Winston Churchill, addressing a crowded meeting in the Albert Hall, organised by the India Empire Society. “This surrender is a hideous act of self-mutila-tion, which astounded every nation in the world.” Viscount Burnham, who was a member of the Simon Commission, said that the Irwin-Gandhi Treaty must be regarded as a triumph of lawlessness and a masterpiece of casuistry.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19310320.2.49
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 135, 20 March 1931, Page 5
Word Count
181INDIAN PROBLEM. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 135, 20 March 1931, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in