BRITAIN AND INDIA

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 5

BRITAIN AND INDIA

STILL A WIDE GAP STATEMENT BY GANDHI i L'nitcd Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 9. 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 8 Mahatma Gandhi, in a message to the Daily Herald, said that a wide gulf still exists between the British Government and Nationalist India. Reality demands that India, not Britain, should determine what India needs. There is no analogy between the Dominions and India. Britain’s moral victory will be assured when by a mighty effort she decides to abandon her moral hold on India. OPPONENTS OF CONGRESS MISSION TO LONDON ( United Press Assn. —Ekr. T' !. (N.-.vright, LONDON, Feb. 8 The insistence of the All-India Congress upon Britain's acceptance of its case has encouraged collaboration among the anti-Congress minorities. who are planning to despatch a delegation to London, says the Delhi correspondent of the Times. Some of the Princes are similarly inclined, while the Moslems are already preparing a mi sion. These circles believe the Congress propagandists in London have overemphasised the Congress’ case tu the detriment of the minorities.