G
NS CONFIDENTIAL.
sir,
20
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 3rd. September, 1915.
I have the honour to report certain circums-
-tances which have led to the resignation of Inayat Ullah Mirza, First Grade Clerk in the Accounts Office, Public Works Department,
and his deportation to India.
2.
In September, 1913, the Director, Criminal Intelligence, at Simla reported to the Captain Superintendent of Police that Mirza was alleged to be in league with one Barakat- -ullah, one of the leaders of the Indian revolutionary movement, residing in Tokyo; but no evidence was forthcoming to establish
this supposition.
3.
In July last an informer came forward to state that Mirza was actively engaged in seditious propaganda; and after careful examination of his evidence I caused Mirza to be arrested
and his house to be searched.
4.
The search resulted in the finding of some copies of two seditious newspapers, dated in 1913, one of the newspapers being that issued by the man Barakatulloh at Tokyo, but there was nothing else of a seditious nature. There were also found certain documents which tended to show that Mirza in the name of his wife had invested in real property in the Colony contrary to the provisions of General Order No. 54.
5.
The evidence of participation in seditious propaganda was not strong, being based mainly upon the statement
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P.,
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