INDIAN UNREST

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 6, 7 December 1931, Page 7

INDIAN UNREST

BOYCOTT AND DISOBEDIENCE. BENGAL CONFERENCE RESOLUTION. PREPARING FOR INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 7, 9.15 a.m. CALCUTTA, Dec. 6. The Bengal Congress Conference unanimously passed a resolution to the effect that the time had come for the people of India to attain independence, and appealing to the public to prepare for the coming fight. An earlier message from Delhi stated: Hatred of the British is to be found in everv line of a resolution now before the Bengal Congress Conference, which proposes to start again the intensive b< ycott of everything British, including cotton goods, _ banks, insurance companies and ships, by propa/ganda and picketing, Civil disobedience is also to be resumed. The villagers are to lie asked not to pay taxes. GANDHI HOMEWARD BOUND. LONDON, Dec. 5. Before entraining on his journey homeward, Gandhi said that it had been well worth his coming to England. He was leaving full of hope for India. MR LLOYD GEORGE’S ADVICE. DELHI. Dec. 5. . Mr Lloyd George received a civic welcome on his arrival at Bombay. Replving to the Mayor’s speech he urged India to observe perseverance and patience. EUROPEAN WOMAN ATTACKED. DELHI, Dec. 5. A European woman, headmistress of the Tundla Railway School, near Cawnpore, was brutally assaulted by five unknown Indians while haying dinner. She was sent to hospital in a precarious condition. It is believed that robbery was the motive of the outrage. DELEGATES AND PRIME MINISTER. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Dec. 5. Manv prominent Indian delegates to the Round Table Conference are returning home during the next few days. Before departing they are making farewell calls on the Prime Minister and other Ministers with whom they have been so closely associated during the last few weeks. Among those who had interviews of this character with the Prime'Minister to-day was Gandhi.