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Ghandi To Lead Tax Crusaders In India On Foot

Government Hopes to Avoid Clash | Waning Support Indicated by News

By Radio from Monitor Bureau

LONDON – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Nationalist leader, has now published his much discussed “ultimatum,” which shows he proposes to begin the campaign of “civil disobedience” March 11, when he is to start out on foot from his home in Ahmedabad at the head of his companions to preach boycotting of the salt tax.

The Viceroy’s reply to Ghandi’s ultimatums appeared March 7. As cabled by Reuters it warns him that the course of action he contemplates is “clearly bound to involve violation of law and danger to the public peace.” The issue is thus definitely joined.

News from India indicates that Ghandi no longer has as much support for the movement as was the case eight years ago, when he was arrested and imprisoned in connection with a somewhat similar campaign which had led to serious rioting.

The Indian Government is apprehensive lest corresponding results may follow his present movement, but in view of the veneration in which Ghandi is held among the Indian masses it is thought wise to postpone any counteraction as long as possible.

BOMBAY (AP) – Reports from Borsad, Bombay, state that Vallabhal Patel, one of Gandhi’s most prominent lieutenants, was arrested March 7 and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment on a charge of disobeying an order prohibiting a public speech.