INDIAN GOVERNMENT COMES OUT WITH EQUAL HONOURS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 74, 6 March 1931, Page 5

INDIAN GOVERNMENT COMES OUT WITH EQUAL HONOURS

THE IRWIN -GANFJI CONVERSATIONS I

TERMS OF AGREEMEF/iT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN CALLED OFF f . NO MORE BOYCOTT CERTAIN PRISONER'S T 0 BE RELEASETj (Reed. 10.10 a.m.-). DET " 7 ril, March 5. The Government o i ndia has come out of the Lord Irw/f a -Gandhi conversations with at lf/a.st equal honours. The terms of the agreement were announced this evening, and included the calling off of. the civil disobedience movement., with reciprocal action by the Government; the boycott of British goo fls as a political weapon will be disco /ttinued and the sale and purchase of British goods will be allowed; peaceful picketing is to be permitted, but it is to be discontinued when it becomes violent. The release has* been ordered of all persons imprisoned in connection with the disobedience campaign, with the exception of those accused of violence, and all ordinances promulgated to deal "with the movement will be withdrawn. Residents of all areas, particularly the poor, where there are salt deposits, will be permitted to gather and manufacture salt for domestic consumption, or sale within the area. Gandhi has agreed to withdraw his demand for an inquiry into the allegations against the conduct of the police. COMMENTS RESERVED BALDWIN AND LLOYD G-EORGE (Reed. 2 p.m.) LONDON, March 5. Beyond paying tributes to the Viceroy, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd George have reserved their comments on the Indian settlement.