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"Hóldiiíg His Owti»
In 21 Days* Bast
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_ -CALCUTTA," May, 23.
_ liiere, is every' prospect that
Gandhi will survive his'2i days? fast,
which will end to-morrow, ¿tc "Was
described to-night as "holding- his
own."- . Foi-.' 20 d'àys~. hë lias itaken
nothing biit mineral' -water, but .there
is every probability..af.his 'being.able
to enjoy goat's milk and orange juice
at noon to-morrow.
At tho end of the fast, nobody,
least pf all Gandhi,
appears to know
what it was all
about. Whether it
was an .expert
piece of physical
chicanery to em-
barrass- -tlie Go-.,
vernment, nn 'ein-
sähe act of a meg- '.'
alonuiniac or a
superb altruistic
gesture, it was ii
complete failure.
It caused loss in
'terest among the ,
masses than any
.Mahatma. Gandhi Help
.Mahatma. Gandhi
previous stunt.and succeeded only in
rousing - tho wrath of the' Indian
political intelligentsia' who ,regarded
the "old man" as- :i "nuisance,"' while
tho man in the street regards !him
with amused tolerance/ . S
Gandhi,.carly in the fast said thnt
if was for tho purification of'himself
and'his followers in their ' campaign
to have .certain Hindu religious bans i
removed "from " tho "untouchable
caste." '
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