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Friday, June 26th, 1925.
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NOTES AND NEWS
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l\\.VOT even G .. ndhi or Tilak was ever the centre bnted something distinctive." Every Race and
A'\! of such a demonstration as markl'd the Cune- Nation has, of course, "something distinctive" but
ral procession of Das on Thursday, says the why does not BI'itain import Ii proportion of each
Morn;,,,/ /'osl'8 Calcutta correspon.lent. It is im- into her Civil Service?
, possible to estimate the crowd, and it can only he
said that countless thousdnds assembled in thA
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In connection with the South African Asiatic
vicinity of the station at six o'clock in the moming.
They came from the outlying districts. some m ex-
Policy the New IndUl writes :-
-. The statement by Dr, ,)falan, Minister of Interior
pensi ve motors, others using lorries, bicycles, tr.vp-· in t?e Unio~ Go,vern.ment. of South Africa, forel
cars and carts. The arrangements for a procession castmg the mtroductlon of legislation embodying
rnlIdpHecI immediately the train bringing the coffin the Government's Asidtic policy at the end of the
al'rived. The handful of police alld volunteers in' present session of the Soutb Afrjcdn Pdrliament will
attendance were hopeleasly swamped, and progress' ~ause nq surprise. While the Government of India
became impossible. Of the scores of aged Indians' IS ~attering it~el~ by thin~ing that it is engaged in
with whom the correspondent talked, not olle failed, dehcate negotIatIOns, the South African Government
10 remark that he had never seen anythlnl4 approach-,
ing the sight pr(senwd by this vast and ,motley
merrIly goes Its way with tvmahawk in hdnd. If
the proposal for a Ronnd Tdble Conference had any
collection of humanity. It had been arrangl'd that chance of accep~ce, the. Union O..overnment \yould
the procesl!lion should make a seven-mile detour to surely have deCIded to WIthhold legislation till after
the blnping Gh'st, and it was expectt'd that the the Conference had beeu held. '115: there no limit
jourpey, would OQcuPy three honrs. But the first
two miles occllpied, an hour each, progl'ess being
w?ic~ a Do~iDlon Oavern~ent' rna'y not overstep
~Ith ImpuDlty, even in the exercise, of its rights in
made'by inches. Gdndhi came specially to Cdlcutta, domestic" matters?
and, wearing only a loincloth, WIlS carried on the'
Mr. A. P. Chou.dr~e of Dnrban writ~s dwlo),ing
sholllders of 'volunteers immediately behind the·
the apatby of IndIan community of Durba.n, particularly
mentioning the Sold demise ~t 'tile Idte Mr.
bier, on which.wreaths werf'l thrown by the hundred.
Every vantage point alonll the route was occupied, C. R. DdS.
wilJdows being crowded while traffic was completely
suspended. In the markets most of the shops were
closed, indeed the CIty was in a state of chaos. From
all parts of the cOllntry rep'orts are coming of hart,lIs
&nil condolem;e meEltinQs, A most extraordinary'
DEATH OF MH. DAS
atmosphere prevails. ~.