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GANDHI AND THE CLOTH BOYCOTT.

STEP TO SECURE HOME RULE FOR INDIA.

LITTLE EFFECT ON PIECE-GOODS TRADE UP TO THE PRESENT.

SIGNIFICANT SIGNS ON THE HORIZON:

A POLITICAL OR AN ECONOMIC LOVE?"

The new boycott of foreign cloth, which Mahatma Gandhi believes will bring Home Rale for India quicker and more effectively than any other method, has opened in Calcutta on a senational note. Mr. Gandhi broke his journey to Ran goon at Calcutta in order to give the campaign an official send-off, and the meeting not only anded a minor riot, in which the police were roughly handled, but in the arrest of Gandhi himself on a charge of aiding, and abetting in the offenen of lighting a bonfire in a public place, contrary to the in structions of the Commissioner of

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such necessities, or luxuries as Indin did not produce, from non-present year. British foreign lands, as, for in- stange America and Japan.

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In 1990 when Gandhi carried his non-co-operation resolution through the Congress an amendment to that resolution was woved, introducing a new clause recommending boy cott of British goods as an item in the non-co-operation campaign But Mr. Gandhi would not touch It hurt his conscience,, being a movement of hatred.

Significant Signs.

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Will Mr. Gandhi's present boy cott movement meet with a better fate than his last Swadeshi agita- tion 1 There are already significant signs on the horizon that the wiser. counsels in Indian politica will pre- rail, and under-currents are work which will turn the energy at present wasted on non-co-opera- tion into channels for constructive work. For some time past the gradual drift of prominent Moslems from the Congress party creed has been unmistakable, and now Mr. other leaderu hare Jinnah and operly repudiated the Nehru Re- port in the Assembly and warned its author, Fandit Motilal Nehru, that the sooner he gives up the de- Lusion that the report is acceptable to Moslems the better it will be for India. With such fundamental differences existing between the two- big parties in the country there In his latest utterance in Cal- can be little hope of united action eutta,, the Mahatma has repeatedly for a boycott campaign, and with- emphasised that he called, not for out unity the movement is not like of a foreign cloth. Hi evidentens a boycott of British rich only, buty to assume any serious dimen- meaning is that his boycott should

When that amendment was car ried, he at first refused to take charge of the resolution as amend cd, though he subsequently accom- modated his coascience to it, from practical considerations, namely, Contrary to expectations, the for fear lest his refusal to move arrest of Mr. Gandhi evoked only the resolution should lead to its small murmurs of protest and in-rejection by the Congress. He was dignation in the Indian Press, but opposed then, as he is clearly also it has been followed by a more to-day, to a boycott of British goods intensive campaign, and reports only. from all over India show a ready response to the Congress appeal for the collection and destruction of cloth of foreign origin.

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motive with Fi view to feed the ment is the strong under-current for better trade in the near future.hungry millions of India by en-

an agreed constitutional settle- There has been a temporary fall in couraging the production of home- ment of India's fature status. In of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL the Calcutta market, but this has

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Continental Cloth. The prosent revived boycott cam paign is different from the old Swadeshi and boycott movement, inasmuch as the latter was confined to British goods only. The present includes allcloth of, foreign origin, and affects Continental and Japanese manufacturers equally with British producers

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Accession of King George V. Shanghai Race, ist day.

World Theatre: The Chorus Lady, 5.15 and 9.15; Chinese Pic- ture The Girl General," 2.30 and 1910.7.15; and Chinese Magicians at all

houses

China Light and Power Co., Ltd. Extraordinary general meeting, St. George's Building, noon.

1:

Sale of Crown Land, Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 2185 and 2178, P.W.D. Offices; 3 p.m. Queen's Theatre: Father."

Bringing up

World Theatre: "Bervice for Ladies" at 5.13 and 9.15, Chinese Picture "The Girl General" Part 1., 2.30 and 7.15 P.; and Chinese Magicians at all houses.

Star Theatre: "Buttons."

Italian Opera Co.: Tales" of Hofman," Star Theatre, 9.15 p.m.

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H.E. Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society meeting. Helena May Institute, 4.30 p.m.

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Queen's Theatre: "Ladies Must Diese

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Star Theatre: "The Awful Truth."

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Dinner Dance: Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

European Mails Outward: Europe ria Marseilles (Athos II.), 1.30 p.m.

Wednesday.

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Star Theatre: "The Truth."

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Dinner Dance: Peninsula Hotel, 8.30, p.m.

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Star Theatre: "Lights of Old Broadway."

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