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...been convinced that India would eventually get more from Britain by moderation, discussion, compromise, delay. He argues that dominion status after Europe's war would be better than the repression which would surely follow an immediate violent Indian revolt. The Congress was split wide open: the followers of Mahatma Gandhi on the one hand, the advocates of activism-ranging all the way from Communists through middle-of-the-road Moslems to extreme Conservatives-on the other. The situation was tense because the latter were led by Subhas Chandra Bose, the only Indian who has come anywhere near successfully opposing...
...when Gandhi's first spring put him out in front. He urged the Congress guiding committee to approve a resolution in favor of delaying civil disobedience while pressing for independence by negotiation. The committee obeyed. Saint Gandhi thanked them in a speech bristling with humility: "I am called Mahatma, but I am an ordinary man. I have blundered and committed mistakes. ... I am perhaps the poorest general any army ever had. My only wealth is your love. If you don't like me, remove me, but while I am your leader you must obey...
Punjah Leader Gopal Singh Himh tried to ride the Mahatma off by an attack on his behind-the-scenes tactics. "Everyone," he charged, "is ready for action except Gandhi. I demand that Gandhi become at least a four-annas member of Congress [cheapest price of membership]. ... If he wishes to lead Congress he should at least be a member...
...revered and respected has Mohandas K. Gandhi been that he has never felt the need of a bodyguard as he travels about India. Recently however, demonstrators in a Calcutta suburb booed at the wizened little old man. One even dared to throw a shoe which barely missed the Mahatma, hit his private secretary. This is India's worst insult. Later, the Mahatma was greeted at a station by a group carrying black flags-another Indian symbol of rebuke...
...this took place while the Mahatma toured Bengal, home province of fiery Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian Leftist leader whom the Mahatma ousted last year as president of the Indian National Congress Party. The Leftists, who think that now is the ideal time to snatch Indian independence away from war-beset Great Britain, have accused the Mahatma of too much dickering and stalling with the British...