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THERE is nothing in the present non-co-operation programme in respect of which there need be any substantial difference of opinion among nationalist leaders. In this respect, Bezwada has completed the work begun at Nagpur. When the non-co-operation resolution was first put before the Congress at Calcutta, not only did a large and powerful minority stand aloof from Mahatma Gandhi and his supporters, but this minority included every nationalist leader of the first rank, with the exception of Pandit Motilal Nehru. The process of re-unification began almost immediately after the Special Congress, when large numbers of prominent nationalists in every Province, who did not believe in the boycott of the Councils, decided to stand aside from the elections, for no other reason except that the Congress had passed the boycott resolutions. It is an open secret that until a few days before the annual session of the Congress some of the most prominent leaders were still not only in a hes
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IT cannot be denied that the situation must cause grave anxiety to the Principals and managing committees of Colleges and the educationists generally as well as to the parents and guardians of the protesting boys. But they, too, have everything to gain and nothing to lose by keeping their head cool and not resorting to action which can only aggravate the situation. The finest example of what ought to be done was afforded some time ago by Pandit Malaviya, who not only invited Mahatma Gandhi to address the students of the Benaras Hindu University, but himself presided over the meeting at which the address was delivered. On the other hand, an example of what ought not to be done was afforded by the Principal of a College in Calcutta who so far lost his head the very moment his boys went on strike as to put up a notice on the notice board which was resented by a considerable number of members of the staff. The best is to keep in touch both with the students and their parents and g
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IN the letter addressed by her to the Secretaries to the All-India and Provincial Congress Committee, Mrs. Besant gives four reasons why she can no longer belong to the Congress. As the matter is of some importance, it is worthwhile examining these reasons at some length. The first reason, that Mrs. Besant is a firm believer in the British connection and a strong opponent of the programme of non-co-operation, is obviously inconclusive, because a good many we believe the large majority of those present at the Nagpur Congress itself believe in the British connection, just as strongly as she does and there are some, like Pandit Malaviya, who do not accept the non-co-operation programme any more than she does. If there is room in the Congress for those, why not for Mrs. Besant also? The second reason, that the Congress has narrowed the basis of its former Constitution, is the reverse of the truth. The Congress has not narrowed but has rather widened the basis of its former Cons