European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Worn 20th Century Canossi Sohons Gandhi death lurked at a prayer meeting Gandhi meets moslem with brotherhood message. Editor s hots the world today lives tit an Gatof Tiuta takeout communication of  and nuclear Tail marines and of Etas item Forhan Aid pro prams Dett re to change the shape of history yet wary to often on unknown Man Steps Forward a political fanatic and urfa buttts bomb or sword in a instant change the tote of millions. Thin is the first of three articles on the great Assatta Natkus of the Toth Century their victims and the bloody result a of their deeds. The author to Neliton Midtling wrote the screenplay Tor thai new Pentic movie Nino hours to kit non which details the thou Mantl of Gandhi and also wrote i want to  an or fort ment of capital  by Nelson Gidding Nana staff writer every kind of political Leader from gentle Saint to bloody tyrant Husfelt the Edge of the Assassin s sword. His tory has been made and unmade on count lets occasions by the meeting of a fanatic with a gun and a Man whom he hated. Politics is normally a business of Ner Aston and debate but a time always comes when some men eel that these activities have no further meaning. Then men with Strong convictions Stop arguing an try to achieve what they want by acting. Men who know themselves too weak and their enemies too Strong men with ideas too confused or unpopular to be stated. Men who feel that All they hold dear i being crushed by b repressive state often these people foe that Alt their grievances Center in one Man and that if he were removed their cause would Prosper. The reach for a weapon strike and the Stream of history runs in a new  his life Mohandas k. Gimp he had been a Man of Pence yet still a for her. He had fought for the Independence of India but knowing How often foul Means corrupt a Beautiful vision he had insisted that Freedom be achieved by nonviolent Means. He succeeded and after world War it India Wax declared a free and inde pendent  was not an unmixed bless ing for Gandhi and India. Gandhi and preached the message that All men Are Brothers particularly that All the Peoples of India formed one nation. Gandhi s dream of a United India was never realized. In dependence brought partition of the nub continent into a hindu in Tun and a to Lem , from Gandhi s Point of View it brought violence. Tens of thousands of the people Gandhi had hoped would be spared the ordeal of violent revolution were killed in the riots that followed partition. Mil Itom of others were forced to leave their Homes and their traditional ways of life and flee o join their  this appalled Gandhi. Addressing a prayer meeting in Delhi he said now that we have handled Independence we seem to be disillusioned. At least i am even if you Are  if the end of Brills Rule did not bring All that Jim Del had honed for he never gave up his mrs Arlo. After riots in Pun Job it wan feared that there would be similar outbreaks in Bengal. Gandhi went to Calcutta and lived in the House of moslem Friend. Tor a time his example of peaceful coexistence was sufficient but in september mobs of hindus surged into the Street to manhandle moslem. Gandhi replied to this outbreak with the mime weapon to and used time and Timea Nln a Gunst the British. He fasted and snid that he was willing to die unless the rioting stopped. In the end leaders of the hindu Community gave sufficient guarantees for the safety of the Bengal moslem to mop the holocaust. By january of 1948, the situation in deteriorated. Now in Kashmir there was danger of War with Pakistan and nil Over India the remaining moslem were again threatened. Once again on Jan. 12, 1948, Gandhi began to fast. This time not All his people supported him. Refugees fro the Punjab appeared outside the House of j. D. Byrla where Gandhi was staying and shouted it is we. Not Gandhi who have , when it seemed As if Gandhi would get the guarantees of moslem rights he wanted others still More bitter appeared and hooted let Gandhi  won his last fight. The Gunnn tees were Given and the government move toward rapprochement with Pakistan but the bitterness did not die. Had a wort Humble clothing. Monday May 6, 1963 government officials and the faithful rids Barge carrying Gandhi i Aih to River grave the stats and stapes when we. In the West to link of hinduism we think of Pence spirit Utility anal non vlo1"nrr. Much of this is Gandhi s doing for hinduism like any other major  not nil one thing. In the 10th Century another kind of hindu was doll Nannt who fought bloody religious wars with the eng Lush. Such people gave our language the word  and the word does not really misrepresent what they thought. There were hindus like the members of the Kahnt Abha society who Felt that Gandhi s nonviolent teaching perverted the True religion. They considered them sets a race with a War like past which should be lived up to. They preached that hindus were members of a Superior Rac Ennd they had the usual ideas about inferior in pcs. They were particularly incense against the moslem and Gandhi s standing up for Thi m intruders added to their bitterness Iiri inst him. After the successful conclusion of his Flint. Gandhi aral held prayer meeting to the Garden of Birla r House in   his usual message of recon Clintion and Pence. On january 20, a Mem Ber of the a Hannha society tossed a bomb into the prayer meeting. Gandhi was t Hurt and his reaction was typical he build. I do not want him the Assassin to be harassed. I would prefer that you should try to win him to a right Way of thinking and  gun til never changed though he must Hove been aware that the bomb thrower was not Lonc. He refused to take any pre cautions and held hta prayer meetings u before. He told his followers. I expect you to continue praying in spite of exploding bombs or showering  on Jan. 30. 1948. Gandhi awoke at 3 30 . For prayer. He worked during the any on some papers it was preparing forthe next meeting of the Congress party when his Secretary came to him in the morning Gandhi said to him bring me All my important letters. I must reply totem today for tomorrow i May never  at 4 p.m., he conferred with Deputy prime minister so Dor Petal. He told Petal that he was War that there were differences Between Petal and prime minister Jawun Nelm Nehru but he pleaded wit him to become reconciled with Nehru. He said that both Petal and Nehru were needed in India s present crisis and that to Gether they could do much for their coun try and Tor peace. He added that he had written to Nehru along the same lines. At 5 10 p.m., he reached for a Dollar watch which Hung from a Chain at his Waist and sold to Petal let me go now. It s prayer time for  gods. The 36-year-old editor of hindu Kantra was another member of the Mah Nitasha society. In the columns of his paper he preached hatred of the mos lems and Gandhi. He Felt that All the work he was doing was undermined by the exist ence of one Man Gandhi. He said. I sat brooding intensely on the atrocities perpetuated on hinduism and it dark and deadly future if left to face islam outside and Gandhi Nolde. I decided All of Sud Den to take the supreme step against  when Gandhi emerged from the housein Dehli to was supported by two female cousins Ash and Manchu. The crowd some 10 deep gave Way before him and the frail old Man Clad in a simple White Dhoti loin cloth walked slowly across the Lawn toward a Low table covered with a White cloth. In the Middle of which rested his prayer Cushion. Suddenly there was a commotion to the crowd. A Brahman with a round face and close cropped hair was elbowing his Way through to Gandhi. Thinking that he wanted to touch Gandhi u a gesture of piety Man he started to remonstrate with him a Thuram g