INDIA: Dictator of Disobedience

"I still have unquenchable faith in Civil Disobedience," wrote spindle-shanked Mahatma Gandhi, loinclothed, ascetic patron saint of Indian Independence, a month ago. "But if India should have to go through the agonies of civil war or foreign invasion, be sure these are no new things in the history of nations that have struggled for freedom. England has gone through both experiences!"

"Civil Disobedience," "Passive Resistance" have long been favorite watchwords of Saint Gandhi. By them he means to break the power of British rule, through refusal to pay taxes, refusal to purchase...

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