Mr. Gandhi and the Viceroy ' By far 'the most
interesting event in India has been Mr. Gandhi's interview with the Viceroy. Mr. Sastri, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, and Mr. Jayakar, the Round Table delegates, since their return home have been urging upon Mr. Gandhi the importance of asking for an interview. Mr. Gandhi would haVe preferred that the Viceroy should send for him, but that could not reasonably have been expected, and at the end of last week Mr. Gandhi himself took the initiative. It is impossible to say in what degree he was impelled to this move by the weakening of the Congress campaign. The practitioners of civil disobe- dience are evidently becoming war-weary and they are encountering a new and increasing resentment from Indian traders, who for their part are weary of having their business impeded. On Tuesday afternoon Lord Irwin received Mr. Gandhi; and the interview lasted for nearly four hOurs. The Times correspondent says that Mr. Gandhi came out ' of Viceroy's House " still wearing his smile and blanket, but looking rather tired." The next morning Mr. Gandhi con- ferred with Mr. Sastri, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Mr. Jayakar, and prepared the ground for a continuation of the interview. with Lord Irwin. The interview of Wednesday 'afternoon lasted nearly three hours, and Mr. Gandhi's next move will be to consult the Congress leaders.
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