Word: mahatmas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gently but in moving words the Mahatma answered. Little by little he set the Communists to sniveling, some even sobbing aloud...
Perhaps most demonstrative was a Mrs. Hattie Belle Johnston of New York. Rushing up to the Mahatma she cried...
...neither Saint nor Mahatma" [i. e. 'Great Soul'], he told the clamoring worshipping populace gravely. "You must not think me supernatural. I am only a satyagrahi [one who practices truth force, love force, soul force]. I am but a humble servant. I am only common clay...
Revolution in India is pursuing a troubled course. In addition to the opposition afforded by Great Britain the revolutionists are finding trouble in their own ranks. Liberals and extremists are divided on the question of acceptance of the pact made by Gandhi with the British government. The Mahatma was attacked recently on his way to the meeting of the Nationalist Congress by members of the New Youth of India League, a radical organization which declares that Gandhi is no longer India's real leader having compromised with England...
...while the two opponents take each other's measure. In London the Conservatives are retrenching. Under the whip of Winston Churchill's tongue they have shown signs of refusing to support a roundtable conference in India as was promised in the course of the London conference. In India the Mahatma seemed to have made peace with the Viceroy only to announce formally a few hours later that this was only a truce and that absolute independence from the British Empire was still his goal for India...