GANDHI STARTS FAST
INDIANS’ SYMPATHY STRIKE. RAJKOT, March 3. After prayers, Mahatma Gandhi began his fast in the presence of Journalists and a large assembly of men, women and children. Ninety minutes later he received a letter declining his demands. Gandhi remarked: “This adds fuel to the fire.” People in Rajkot are striking for one day in sympathy. ' Gandhi threatened that unless he received a satisfactory reply to a 24hour ultimatum demanding constitutional reforms in Rajkot State he would begin an indefinite fast at 6.30 a.m. on March 3. He demands that the people be given a voice in the Administration. VITALITY AT LOW EBB. Received March 4, 5.5 p.m. BOMBAY, March 3. Congress Ministers, hoping to end Gandhi’s fast, telegraphed urging Lord Linlithgow to intervene. Meanwhile Gandhi is resting in the open air. His vitality is at its lowest ebb. CHEERFUL THOUGH WEAK. Received March 5, 6.30 p.m. RAJKOT, March 4. After one day’s fast Gandhi is cheerful although weak. A specialist, after an examination, said he should be most careful not to receive visitors and he must conduct no correspond-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 54, 6 March 1939, Page 7
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