FANATICISM IN INDIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20056, 20 September 1920, Page 7

FANATICISM IN INDIA.

CRISIS APPROACHING. CHANDHI’S POLICY. By Te!egfV)!i~.Prona A«sociaiion—Copyright. United Service. (Received September 20, 3.45 a.m.) LONDON. September 19. the fanatical boycott of the British Government, trade oflicials and the Courts in India, is being watched with great interest. There is anxiety lost it v reck tlm reform scheme, bringing a triumph for Dyerism. ° Mr J. L. Garvin, in the “Observer,” A t )oriloua crisis is upon Bntmh rule, and the next three months wilt be the most fateful in Indian history.” Mr Garvin describes Ghandi as an exalted idealist of concentrated sincerity, deaf to all prudential amiment, and adds: “ His vast emotional bohey is leading him to boycott even schools, railways and telegraphs, opening a floodgate of anarchy which would mean that revenue would be suspended and commerce cease, lawyers would not appear in court, and excitement would engender violence.” Mr Garvm hnds hope in the withdrawal ,f Half ot the delegates from tho Congress before the boycott was voted, but ho asserts that the moderates in India must throw themselves against Ghandi s campaign, if the reforms are to bo saved. (The movement in favour of ' non-co-operation with the Government, involvmg the renunciation of titles and offices, the refusal to pay taxes, and disobedience of orders, was oricdnallv decided on by the Khalifat Committee as o, protest against the Turkish Peace Treaty. Iho Punjab Provincial Congress Committee passed last August a resolution favouring non-co-opora- . n , hut decided to postpone the drnwing up of the programme' till after tho special session to be held in Caicutta.)