NO TAX PAYMENTS

Southland Times, Issue 21578, 16 December 1931, Page 5

NO TAX PAYMENTS

GANDHI’S DECLARATION BOYCOTT OF BRITISH ‘GOODS INTERVIEW AT ROME (United Press Assn. —By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rome, December 15. Gandhi, though he steadfastly refused to see British journalists, gave interviews with other journalists in which he made more sweeping declarations that he ever ventured in London. “We won’t pay taxes and won’t work for Britain,” he declared. “We will completely isolate British authorities and institutions. India would certainly be crushed if she resorted to violence, but she has enormous resources, which Britain cannot ignore, in the shape of passive resistance. Every kind of British goods will be boycotted, and this powerful aggravation is already having serious effect on the British financial situation and unemployment. For us the Round-Table Conference was a long drawn out agony, but it proved to England the spirit of India and laid bare Britain’s real intentions.” The Pope refused an audience to Gandhi. CONSPIRACY REVEALED ARMS SEIZED IN CALCUTTA. (Rec 7.0 p.m.) Calcutta, December 15. Three seizures of arms in Calcutta during the week-end revealed a widespread conspiracy for the importation of arms into India. It is believed that the arms were brought in boats from China and unloaded secretly.