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COPY.
No. 1076/1915.
Confidential.
Sir,
Enclosure 2.
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Government House,
Hongkong, 9th. June, 1915.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your Confidential letter of the 14th. ultimo covering an extract
from a statement of an Indian who arrived here in the S.S. "Koren"
on the 29th. September last.
2.
I have read this statement with interest, and
with regard to Your Excellency's comments upon it in paragraphs 3 and 4 of your letter I desire to point out that (a) the Indian
passengers in the 3.S. "Korea" were searched under the super- -vision of and examined personally by Mr. T. H. King, Assistant Superintendent of Police, who has a good knowledge of Hindustani.
Mr. King reported under date of the 29th. September that no arms or
seditious papers were found, that the men seemed quiet and orderly, and that one named Indar Singh had been a Sikh priest in San
Francisco and had formerly been a watchman in Hongkong where he was a friend of Bhagwan Singh while the latter was in this Colony.While
Indar Singh lived in Hongkong he bore a good character. It was not
unnatural that he should have a recommendation from the former
Grunthi of the Gurdwara who while in Hongkong had not exhibited
revolutionary tendencies. Baghwan Singh it must be borne in mind
left Hongkong two years ago. The mere fact that a man was formerly
a friend of Baghwan Singh did not justify his arrest or detention.
Had such arrest and detention been applied to Indar Singh it must
also have been applied to others for I may point out that Baghwan
Singh had many friends among the Hongkong Singapore Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery, being supported more especially by Subadar Hakum Singh who became in July, 1911, President of the Gurdhwara; and that, when in May, 1913, Baghwan Singh was required
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Excellency
ajor-General F.H.Kelly, C.B.,
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