GANDHI IGNORED

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1930, Page 7

GANDHI IGNORED

APATHETIC VILLAGERS CAMPAIGN FALLING FLAT (By Cable—Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received March 15, 8.30 a.m.) DELHI, March 14. Gandhi is finding the villagers apathetic towards his civil disobedience campaign, and when he, with 78 volunteers, started the second day’s trek, none was present to give him a send-off. His appeal for volunteers is falling flat, only one recruit being secured hitherto. The Government have no intention of hindering Gandhi’s progress to Jalalpore. They have made arrangements for the preservation? of order along the route, posting military in places which are considered to be dangerous. MURDER CONSPIRACY. (Recd. March 15, 9.50 a.m.) DELHI, March 14. A statement revealing the existence of a widespread conspiracy for political murders in India, is alleged to have been made by Skeying, a notorious brigand of the Punjab, who surrendered to the Ambala police on a charge of train robbery. Sherjung’s relatives at Jullundur are stated to have given a clue to the perpetrators of the bomb outrage on the Viceroy’s train on December 23. Eleven men have been arrested at Jullundur. Two bombs were found in the house of one of the accused.