GANDHIS FEW POSSESSIONS.
WILL APPEAR BEFORE KING IN "MINUS FOURS." LONDON, Sept. 23,. When Gandhi arrived in England he was asked if he would not be ashamed to appear before the King in a loin 'cloth. He chuckled and replied: "The British wear plus fours; I prefer to wear minus fours." When a Customs inspector inquired if he had anything to declare, he answered: "I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loin cloths, and my reputation, which is not worth much." More than 200 journalists and photographers besieged the Indian, who laughingly pleaded to be allowed to "breathe. He said that he would dearly . like to meet his enemies, Winston Churchill and Lord Rothermere. He wanted to visit Lancashire, but he would not go uninvited, as the popular tion might blame him for their poverty and try to lynch him.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 October 1931, Page 6
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