IT WAS OFFICIALLY DENIED TODAY THAT EITHER MOHANDAS K. GANDHI, INDIAN NATIONALIST LEADER, OR DR. BIDEM ROY, OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, HAS SENT A MESSAGE OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PALESTINE ARABS IN THEIR CONFLICT WITH THE BRITISH ADMINISTRATION.
GANDHI’S SECRETARY, IN A MESSAGE TO THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, STATED: “DR. BIDEM ROY EMPHATICALLY DENIES THE STATEMENT THAT HE ISSUED A MESSAGE FROM GANDHI TO THE ARABS FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT HE HAD NOT THE AUTHORITY TO SAY ANYTHING ON GANDHI’S BEHALF. THE MATTER HAD BEEN REFERRED TO HIM BY THE MUFTI OF JERUSALEM, BUT HE DECLINED TO MAKE A STATEMENT, EVEN ON HIS OWN BEHALF, MUCH MORE ON GANDHI’S BEHALF.”
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