The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, The Echo and The Sun WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1934. A VICTORY IN INDIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 138, 13 June 1934, Page 6

The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, The Echo and The Sun

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1934. A VICTORY IN INDIA.

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that tea can do

Though the regular membership of the All-India Congress is comparatively small, it has been tho i strongest opposition to the Government of India. It has been able to plunge great tracts of the country into disturbance, more or less violent, according to the circumstances prevailing. In spite of the doctrine of non-violence, it has consistently used violent means against its antagonists.

The Government of India therefore declared Congress organisations unlawful. These declarations have now been withdrawn in view

of the resolutions of the Congress suspending civil disobedience., At the same time, Congress has been warned that any resumption of civil disobedience will be met by the reimposition of the declarations. This development in a long struggle is a distinct success for the Government.

The Congress Party is the party of privilege and vested interest. It has adopted some of the features of Fascism. The control of ' the party is in the hands of classes privileged by birth and wealth. It is in no sense a democratic party, though it often employs the methods of the demagogue. Congress, however, is always divided on certain subjects, and latterly there has been a tendency for many of its leaders to turn away from it and look for more constructive work. There has even been a disposition among some of its members to co-operate with the British Government. At one of the meetings of the Congress the opinion was expressed by some speakers that a more practical programme of constructive reform should be adopted. The firmness with which the Government has dealt with unconstitutional and violent agitation has caused disintegration in the ranks of the non-co-operators. The result is. seen in the changed attitude towards civil disobedience. Congress organisations "will now be recognised as lawful, and the party will concentrate its efforts on .Parliamentary activities. It is already preparing for the next election. The Indian Government will be under no misapprehension as to the nature of the opposition it will encounter there, but it has won a round of the fight.