CONFESSION BY GANDHI
DENUNCIATION OF VIOLENCE. By T«l«<r»ph—Pre»» Aiful.—- Copyright Calcutta, July 30. Writing in the journal “Young India,” Air. Gandhi confesses that he was led away by popular enthusiasm to support the efforts to secure the commutation of the -death ' sentence on Bhaget Singh, the Lahore terrorist. He adds that this mad worship of murder is doing incalculable harm. The result is brigandage and degradation. He warns congressmen that the independence- movement will soon lose its charm if it betray its trust and encourage the terrorism cult. At the some time he warns the Government, that retribution and repression will not do.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1931, Page 11
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