GANDHI’S ARREST RECEIVED QUIETLY.
DELHI, March 13. The arrest of Gandhi was received quietly throughout India. Allahabad declared a hartal during the evening of the 11th, but the next morning all the shops were reopened. At Bombay and Lahore there is perfect “quiet. At Madras there was a mild demonstration. A large bonfire of foreign clothes was made as a protest against the arrest. The newspaper Leaded described the arrest as a masterpiece of official ineptitude. The newspaper Postrika declared that the arrest 'is an earnest of a step forward in the policy of repression. One correspondent says the mere fact of the arrest of the extremist leader Gandhi while the Prince is in India, may be regarded as a sure indication that the situation is most serious.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18431, 15 March 1922, Page 5
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128GANDHI’S ARREST RECEIVED QUIETLY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18431, 15 March 1922, Page 5
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