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Show BRITISH BOYCOTT IN HOTS lit M MAY. Iie " The non-CO-Op- eratton moveinent or boycott ol Dril ji.-.ii nsUtulionir, which Is beaded by dandhi and other native leaders, has taken b -posltioo In opposition to the election ol numbtTs of city govern imcni and othrr fcgfslative bodies under un-der Ihe new Kovnnimnl of India act Ir con-e(ii'-ncc. tuusi -;l ' i- landi- datea for these p(tceg were ffojo the moderate taction composed o; tht tai nority who voted against the boycott resolution which passed the special Indian In-dian national concn-ss m i;s session lasl September. .lus' prior to the election, Qandhl published an "open letter lo every ! BngllShman" In which he asserted thai the only way to suppress the rig-in rig-in ebullition ol patlonal feellflg was foi ihe rtritish government to me in conference the recognized leaders of the people, duly elected by them and representing all shades of opinion so as to devise means of granting "Swaraj" (national independ' U' i "lnj accordance with the wishes of the peo-1 ;jle ol ludia." Ga&dhi warned the Hindu leaders j who hesitated lo support his boycott movement that the people were ad-1 anting ar a rale too fast for Ihos.-leaders Ihos.-leaders t keep pace. "It is a psycho loclcal moment lot the country and, we may not have an opportunity lik' the present one for a century," he said. Mohammed Ali. who is considered (he risrht hand man ol Gandhi, declared de-clared in a speech lo student in Allahabad Alla-habad and Bepares : "If we had weapons wea-pons and the courage lo use them we should have struck a blow at the out set When Tve are fit to strike a blow we shall give due warning to the. Kovernraent. Ii the non-co operation j policy in education falls, the next movement -win be r non-co-operation : in the postal and telegraph services j and afterward In ihe police force and) in ihe army " |