New Delhi, Mar. 4.
Anxiety over the outcome of Mr. Gandhi's fast, undertaken on the basis lof his claim that the promise of introduction of reforms in the State had not Been kept, is evident in many, circles.
The "Statesman," a British-owned newspaper, in an editorial on the subject today says: "The Rajkot question is a clear case for intervention by a paramount Power in the interests of everybody. The Ruler of Rajkot should be deposed immediate-
Although news of Mr. Gandhi's fast has excited great interest here, the official view at present is that the fast 1 the result of a quarrel between Mr Gandhi and the ruler of Rajkot, and that "there is no question of the paramount power intervening."
Official circles scout the possibility of the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, curtailing his tour of Rajputana owing to Mr. Gandhi's fast—Reuter.
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