INDIAN PROBLEM.
CONGRESS LEADER'S VIEW. Received February 22, 11.20 a.m. NEW DELHI, Feb. 21. The eminent Moslem Alaiilana Azad whose election to the. presidency of the forthcoming National' Congress was regarded as a big victory for Air Gandhi, paid a tribute to the sincerity of the Viceroy (Lord Linlithgow), hut said: “Civil disobedience cannot lie postponed much longer unless Britain anti thg Congress reach a definite understanding. Air Gandhi is prepared to meet the Viceroy . and explore all avenues of peaceful settlement.” TERROR!SAL ON FRONTIER. NEW DELTIT. Fob. 21. A military clean-up is being launched in the area north of Rannu, where gang warfare has recently terrorised settlements bordering the North-West Frontier. The Fakir of Ipi has boon responsible i'or nearly a filth of the outrages in the last three months, involving the deaths of Anglo-Indian officers and other ranks. The raiders have burnt schools and killed civilians.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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148INDIAN PROBLEM. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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