Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1932, Page 6

A6 FAILURE MAY WAIT GANDHI'S PURPOSE Indian Leader to Face Harder Task in Resisting British Election Edict. iz Mahatma Gandhi's dramatic prepara- tions for a “fast unto death” cause many ohservers femiliar with Indian problems to wonder whether he will be as successful in mobilizing world opin- fon ageinst the British plan for élec- toral representation in India as he was in winning sympethy for his fight for independence. Gandhi's newest gesture is designed #s a protest against the plan announced by Premier Ramsay MacDonald for granting _scparate representation to India’s 60.000,000 “untcuchables” and other minorities in the provincial leg- islatures proposed for India. The fact that foreign writers have pictured so tragically the plight of these “untouchables” and have spoken o feelingly of what they ternr the “in- humanity” ef the Hindu's fight to pre- serve the caste system, which degrades these peoples, leads many observers to believe that Gandhi will face a heavy handicap in atiempting to turn world opinion sgeinst MacDonald's plan. England Acted Unwillingly. When MacDonald announced the de- | cision of the British government about Indian electcral representation on Au- gust 16, he made it clear that Great Britain took this action unwillingly and only because the Hindus were dead- locked end seemed unable to reach any compromise migat _protect the interests of Moslems. Sikhs, untouch- 5 of other creeds and | classes desnised by the Hindus Hindus number about 238,000,000 | of India’s total estimated population of 351.000.000. In the Indian Round Ta- ble Conferences, held by Great Britain In an effort to find some plan for giving India a greater degree of self-govern- ment, they have stood against separate elections for the minerities. The Mos- lems and other reiigionists have insisted that such elections are necessary to guarantee them representation and pro- | tect their interests. MacDonald’s plan for elections was not final. It provided that if the In- diens could egree among themselves upon some other satisfactory arrange- ment the Pritich goiernment would ac- cept it. Under the MacDonald plan the un- touchables in some provinces are to have two votes each, one in general constituencies and the other for mem- bers of their own class. This arrange- ment is temporary and is to end in 20 vears. but is considered necessary by the British government to give the downtrodden people a chance to estab- lish their rights Another Conference Planned. h government made no pro- to a central legisla- ed the time has not andle this problem. on as to the means for the of provincial legislatures was arded as essary to enable the British Parliament to proceed with the bill providing a constitutional govern- ment for India bution of minorities in the an provinces is unequal and rise to great difficulties in giving them prorcm 0] s _anncunced that crence. a much previously held. shortly with may be that Britich Fr st 1y condition upon which he will eb,ndm his p‘an for a hunger strike GANDHI OPENS HIS “FAST UNTO DEATH,” SPURNING EREEDOM _(Continued From First Page) _ fast, were received at the jail and ma Indian leaders added their efforts IH) dissuade him. He began preparing for the fast yestcrday by cutting down on the am t of food taken at a meal and cing the mcals farther apart. Many of a comfortable home for him | st also were received, in- g an imvitation to live at the Mission Home for the Depressed Classes, but he refused them Gandhi is 62. Most of his life has been spent in turmoil. But in spite of it he has seemed to remain entirely calm By his closest followers and disciples, including Madeline Slade, the former London society belle and daughter of a British admiral, who renounced everything to follow him, he is called “Bapu,” which means father. Lived Like a Beggar. Once a prosperous lawyer in India and South Africa, he has lived like a beggar since he took up the leadership of the cause of civil disobedience in In- dia. He has gone about, even in_the damp and chill streets of London Win- ter, his loin Cl(‘!h of white wool, made by himse He has given all his money and property to the Except for his loin cloth, he goes about quite naked. He sleeps on the floor. He has regular periods of fast- ing, meditating and praying. He has no home. Like Buddha and Mahomet, he is a wanderer, depending upon the charity of others for shelter and simple food. = When asked has replied. “Farmer and weaver.” Gandhi was arrested the last time following his return. from the round- table u\rhmnrn at Lmlr‘lnn thn he A St of the €3 nm :n clm'n ng e d failed to provide tion for the problem of India's "nr cne2 e still devoted to each other. She licks the education of her husband, but helps him in all his work. Gandhi was reported indisposed as he began his fast today, and his physicians advised him not to see any more visitors for the presen Operating Cost TFhe Maurice J. 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These bacteria, through rapidly succeeding generatio; be shifting back and forth across the line of ultimate human visibility as ex- tended by the most powerful micro- scopes. The studies were made at the Public Health Service laboratories by Alice C. | Evans. bacteriologist of the National Institute of Health s From brains and blood of encepl s victims were obtained two peculiar organisms, both visible under the microscope. The same were found also from cases of herpes, a rather common skin erup- tion. One was a minute bacterium of | the streptococcus group, the family | which is responsible for numerous dis- eases, such as pneumonia. The other was described as a “rod form'—an elongated form of micrn-nrznn’um \'le» ble under the mieroseope as a “rod.” A long series of experiments indi- cated, according to the Public Health Service report, that these were only two forms of the same organism. Un- {der certain conditions a minute, gran- ular streptococcus appeared to expand |into a rod organism—avoparently the | most mature stage in the life cycle of the minute living thing. Further ob- servations showed that the rods tended at times to break down again into tiny | granules. At other times the strepto- | cocci were formed without disintegra- tion of the rods by a budding process. | Both rod and granular forms were de- | rived from cultures made from the fil- | terable virus. | Dr. Evans believes as a result of this study that the mysterious filterable | virus may consist of organisms of the | coccl stage, smaller than those which are visible. Coceioid bodies of all sizes may be found in stained smears from certain cultures, she reports. They vary from literal giants. as seen under the microscope, to minute bodies 50 small that they are barely visible “Inasmuch,” she reports. “as every | graduation between these two extremes cxists there is no reason to assume that the limit of visibility is the lowest limit of size. There may be some| It is one of forty First, Investigate, Business Bureau, report to The Better advertisement in Better Business for your protection. N the extreme borderline of | human visibility—perhaps _on the extreme edge of the king- dom of life itself—deadly or- | | for encephalitis. The appearance of this these columns is evidence that this publication co-oper- ates with and supports the Bureau THE Reveals Invisible Germs FEDERAL RESEARCH WORKER I 'KENS ORGANISMS TO INSECTS. EVANS, —Star Staff Photo. smaller than the smallest that can be Dr. Evans does not ciaim that the organism whose metamorphoses she studied is the one actually responsible All that cen be eaid 18 that it was secured from encephalitis cates. Although the analogy to the metamorphoees in the life cycle of an insect roughly holds good, the life cycle in the case of the bacterial organism probably is more complicated and does not follow the same laws. Apparently, the experiments indicate, some change of envircnment or unfavor- able condition is conducive to a meta- morphosis. In the human body the organism probably persists in the filter- able virus stage. These observations, according to the Public Health Service reports of the | work, “are in agreement with the laws of general biology. Complex life cycles, with concomitant changcs in habitat and biolcgic behavior. should be ex- pected in bacterla. Life cycies are a law of nature. With the descent in the scale of life they became more complex | and the metamorphoses become more and more pronounced. Algi. fungi and protozoa. the plant and znimal groups standing next higher than the bacteria, exhibit marvel-us life cycles. It is un- reasonable to think that a law of nature which becomes more and more complex | with the descent in the scale of life | would be suspended at its lowest known | form.” PO FINED ON RUM CHARGE Alexandria Wcman Cannc(ed Aftzr Police Raid Residence. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star | ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 20— | Police report the capture of 5'; gallons of alleged liquor and 35 bottles of alleged | beer in a raid at 1018 Queen street last | night. Lillian Frazier, 30, was arrested and charged with violating the prohibi- tion law. In Police Court this mornng she was sentenced to a fine of $100 and | 82050 costs by Judge Willlam 8. Snow. SCHoOL GROUP TO MEET | Community and Patrons’ League Will Hold Session at Manassas. 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If you are solicited to invest in a company unknown to you, if you are doubtful of any financial or business proposition or if you discover an advertisement that misleads, it is your duty to the city and.to yourself to Business Bureau of Washington, D. C., Inc. 337—Evening Star Building Nat’l 8164 EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, TROOPS NEEDLESS INFEUD OUTBREAK Kentucky Adjutant General| Withdraws All but Eight Men From Hill Town. By the Associated Press. MANCHESTER, Ky., Beptember 20.— Though their commanding officer ad- mitted troops were of slight value in quelling feud outbreaks, eight National Guardsmen patrolled Manchester today while a special grand jury investigated Sunday's shooting which claimed two lives and resulted in injury to several other men. Adjt. Gen. H. H. Denhardt, after sur- veying the situation here yesterday, re- turned to Frankfort and reported to | Gov. Ruby Laffoon that “soldiers will not solve the problem. orce of National Guardsmen on duty here from 25 to eight. Local Problem. “Those men will shoot wherever they | meet,” the adjutant general said after | eonferring with the Governor. “It is up to the lacal authorities to work out their salvation. We can put dowh a riot or ipsurrection, but there is noth- ing we can do against an ambuscade.” Commenwealth’s Attorney Frank Baker and John Brockman, formerly of Breathitt County, Ky., and of South- ern Indiapa, were killed Sunday wken snipers fired for four hours at the Baker home from the surrounding hills. The slayers have not been apprehended Wiley Baker, Frank Young, Taylor Bowling, Alfred Davidson and two or three other men whose names were not learned were wounded. the adjutant general reported after his investigation QGen. Dentardt said the fire of the snipers was not returned by occupants of the Baker home. Conditions “Deplorable.” Circuit Judge William Lewis, in charging the grand jury yesterday, sald conditions in Clay County were “de- plorable,” and said when he first came to the county 28 years ago feud feeling was causing killings. He instructed the Jury to go to the bottom of the trouble It could not be learned whether Brockman was involved in the feud dating from Civil War days which is generally believed to have led to Sun- day’s killings, His family is not known here, nor is his home town. He recent- Iy was a witness in a murder trial at Hamilton, Ohio. in which Oliver Hens- ley was charged with slaying Levi Hensley. WILL WEAR UNIFORM. Kentucky Adjutant General Will Take No Chances in Hills Again. FRANKFORT. Ky.. September 20 (3 —The next time Adji. Gen. H. H. Den- hardt enters Kentucky mountain feud ! territory he intends to wear his official uniform. While investigating killings at Manchester. Ky., yvesterday he heard j several shots fired in the hills near the town. 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