INDIAN AGITATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 May 1930, Page 5

INDIAN AGITATION

TROOPS PARADE CALCUTTA

VOLUNTEERS MOBILISED

[BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.]

(Recd. May 7, 10 a.m.) DELHI, May 6

The authorities, last evening began vigorous precautions, which were redoubled to-day against disturbances. Early this morning, Calcutta resounded to the tramp of armed men and light horse, out for the first time for many years. The Calcutta Scottish were called out on Sunday night and are at present at reserve headquarters, Calcutta.

At Bombay, a monster meeting of a hundred thousand persons was addressed from seven different platforms by Mrs. Sarojini Naidu and other speakers. Mrs. Naidu introduced six Americans, seated with her. who wished to congratulate the nation on Gandhi’s arrest.

MEETING OF PRINCES (Recd. May 7, 11 a.m.) DELHI, May 6. At the invitation of the Maharaja Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, many prominent Indian Princes are meeting at Nawanagar to decide the course of action, in view of the alarming situation throughout the country.

A complete cessation of' work in Hindu business quarters occurred in nearly every city in India to-day, as the result of Gandhi’s arrest, and the military police have been .mobilised to prevent outbreaks. In Howrah, near Calcutta, a mob of three thousand, who attacked a small police band, were fired on.

GANDHI THE MAN.

“What manner of man is this selfappointed ‘Dictator’ of India? It is a difficult question to answer, for he is a mass of contradictions. I knew Gandhi well during several of his previous campaigns. In appearance this man of 60 is short, thin, insignificant, and constitutionally weak. By nature shy, retiring, and with no oratorical gifts, he has forced himself into the' limelight. A mystic, he became the veriest of materialists when demanding funds for the Home Rule and other campaigns. A Hindu who, believing all life sacred, would not kill a mosquito himself, he started movements which led to rioting and bloodshed. A student, he forsook the study for the market-place.”—“W.E./ in the “Yorkshire Post.”

RELATIONS WITH AFGHANS.

[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]

' RUGBY, May 6.

It is officially stated that on the accession to the Afghan throne of King Mahammad Nadir Shah, both th© Afghan Government and the British Government, desired to re-affirm the validity of the Anglo-Afghan treaty, concluded at Kabul on November 22, 1921. A formal agreement re-affirming the treaty has now been reached, and the British Minister to Afghanistan, who had already arrived in India, is leaving for Kabul forthwith.