12 APRIL 1930, Page 1
On Monday Mr. Gandhi observed a day of silence, but
as it would have been highly inconvenient not to make any announcements to his followers, lie wrote a speech and in dumb show instructed the village headman to read it to the crowd. The Bombay correspondent of the Times says that at Bombay on Monday the practitioners of civil disobedience boiled sea water in enamelled vessels over charcoal braziers. There were loud cheers when it was declared that salt had been manufactured: Several police officers were present, but took no action. Possibly the denionstratars were gratified by even the presence of the police, as one of the chief causes of Mr. Gandhi's resentment has been the studied absence of the police whenever he has made a public gesture as-a law-breaker.
