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We missed the train that night and were obliged
to put up in the house of a Sindh Hindu whose name is either Durga Dass or Sham Dass. He told us that he had been receiving the Ghadr newspaper regularly and that he had distributed it broadcast in Hong Kong where he owned a
large store.
The following day we returned to the gurdwara where we held a meeting of the members of the Central Managing Committee. It was resolved to purchase tickets from the Japanese Shipping Company, on whose boat, the "Tosha Maru" we set sail on the 8th October, 1914. On board the "Tosha Karu" were 150 men of our party. Besides these, there were others of whom several were Afghans. One of these Afghans, Alam Khan, preferred to be of our party and promised to secure us arms from the frontier on our arrival in India.
The Sepoys of the 26th Punjabis (?) and the Sikha of other regimente stationed at Hong Kong had assured us of the willingness to join in any subversive movement which might be contemplated. They, however, warned us against the native officers who, they declared, were strongly pro-British and discountenanced Ghadr tendencies. After mature consideration I thought it inadvisable to foment any
trouble in Hong Kong especially as we could never hope to
hold any possible conqueste owing to the fact that we
possessed no naval force.
CENA ANIJ I61979a at gu bomberIN.
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