CALL TO VICEROY
INTERVENTION ASKED RAJKOT CONTROVERSY GANDHI'S ULTIMATUM EXPLANATION BY COUNCIL (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Tress Assn.) (Reed. March C. 1.40 p.m.) LONDON. March 5. The Delhi correspondent of The Times says that press reports state that the Indian Congress Ministers jn Bombay, -Bihar, the United Provinces and the Central Provinces have asked the Viceroy of India to intervene in the Rajkot controversy, both from the viewpoint of danger to the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who is fasting because of the refusal of his demands for constitutional reforms giving the people a voice in the administration, and of the possibility of the Ministries resigning. The dispute is causing widespread concern and much criticism of the ruler of Rajkot, whose removal the newspaper Statesman advocates. The Rajkot Advisory Council has issued a statement that Gandhi's ultimatum contained unreasonable demands and, implied the surrender of authority to outside dictation. It is stated that Gandhi did not express i> word of regret when it was found t'-at his allegations of terrorism were unfounded.
Gandhi retorts that the statement : ,; full of evasions and misrepresentations.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19880, 6 March 1939, Page 6
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180CALL TO VICEROY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19880, 6 March 1939, Page 6
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