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THE FUTURE OF BRITAIN INDIA’S EFFECTVE HELP MAHATMA GANDHI’S VIEW (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 8, 3.15 p.m.) BOMBAY, July 7 Mahatma Gandhi, interviewed regarding his latest talks with the Marquess of Linlithgow, said: “This is not time for mincing words or hiding thought. A free India alone can render effective help to Britain. Draining money or hiring money from helpless India will not raise the moral status. Britain, whether defeated or victorious, will never be the same as before. “Her defeat would be glorious, because no Power similarly situ • ated could have avoided defeat. I do not say the same about her victory. It would be achieved by the progressive adoption of the totalitarians’ methods.” He added Dominion status of the Westminster variety was a myth. NEW DELHI, July 7 The Congress working committee passed a resolution emphatically demanding an unequivocal declaration from Britain according complete independence to India. | i
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21159, 8 July 1940, Page 8
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