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Show INDIA'S TH' is n mi Leader of Boycott Against British Regarded As of Divine Origin j LONDON, March 12. (By the Associated As-sociated Press, i Mohandas Karma-: chand Gandhi, who holds sway over aj 'certain section of the Indian people i and who has been heading the antl-; government boycotts In a attempt to1 force homc rule in India, la 51 years of age with greying hair, unflinching, i truthful eyes and slim eloquent hands, says a correspondent of the Dally Mad. The writer continues: " His voice la low-pitched and monotonous, vet pleasing, whether in Gujeratl or English. Eng-lish. He is married and has four sons Gandhi lives In Ahmedabad, the big mill center, where he has founded a settlement for the culture of truth In poverty and for handweavlng, and primitive agriculture. Gandhi Is not, as is commonly supposed, sup-posed, a Brahmin of the priestly caste. He belongs to a Bania. or trading caste, family resident in Kathlawar. He descends from politicians. His political po-litical mind comes from hs lather, who was a Dewan, or chief minister, of the state of Porbandar for 25 years, "Gandhi's genius lies in making lost causes live. To his disarming sweetness sweet-ness of a saint he adds all I ho arts of the advocate In South Africa, he matched even General Smuts. They sparred for years over Indian claims without quarreling "If Gandhi has a hobby, it is experimenting ex-perimenting in diet. Eighteen months ago he had reduced his dally food to four Ingredients, wheat, vegetables, u little oil, and fruit, and he bee.-, no-very no-very 111. He now takes goat's milk and salt, but not cows' milk or butter. but-ter. "lie never sues a debtor, never gives evidence against an enemy, always travels third-class, th acme of discomfort dis-comfort in India, and always goes barefoot. He can sleep when ho likes and he dispenses with sleep for long periods at will "India's humble masses, saturated with ancient Hindu philosophy, have long Imagined a saviour who should unite earthlv practice lo divine precept. pre-cept. The key to Gandhi and Gand- Ihl-lsm is wrapped In his self-rovealing sentence: 'Most religious men I have I met are politicians in disguise: L how-. how-. r. who wear the guse of a pollti- 'cian, am at heart a religious man.' " |