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May 12th 1915,
406
Captain Buperintendent of Police.
Sikha returning to India.
During the last six months a large number of Sikhs
have returned to India from Shanghai, Hankow, and other ports
of China, and a considerable number have passed through
Shanghai en route to India from America, It is interesting
to note that the departures from China comprise a majority
of the worst characters, For this reason Shanghai is at
the moment singularly free of very bad characters, but
Shanghai' a gain is India's loss, It is quite obvious that
these men left for India for no good purpose, and it is
equally certain that they were called to India by the various
sedition parties to embarrass the Government,
The stringent action that the Indian Government
is now taking against bad characters is making itself felt
in Shanghai and elsewhere in China, Sikhs are afraid to
leave Shanghai and for this reason members of the Force are
deferring leave due to them. Enquiries have been made from
America asking if sikhs returning to Shanghai can obtain
employment. The answer is in the negative as long as vÊ ORD
prevent them! I would request that the Consul General be
again approached with a view to an arrangement being made
whereby all Indians leaving Shanghai will be obliged to
provide themselves with properly accredited passports, matter is, in my opinion, urgent and should be proceeded with without any further delay, You will remember that the
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answer received from the Indian Government when this subjact was first proposed was tantamount to saying that such
passports