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Elsewhere I have found no evidence to justify an assumption that the Indian community has been seriously affected by the events of last summer, or that any sustained efforts have been made either by the Russians or the Chinese to enlist Indian support. Few of the Indians abroad are loyal to the British connection, least of all the Sikhs, but they go out to the East primarily to make money and something very substantial in the way of pecuniary inducement wouldbe necessary to induce them to take an active part in a movement which is aimed at destroying commerical interests which provide them with a living.
The circumstances which gave birth to the Ghadr movement were unusual and are not likely to be
repeated.
In Certainly no parallel exists today. 1914-15 the British Empire was at war, the Sikh abroad was easily persuaded that the Empire could not emerge successful and that British rule in India was about to collapse, and our enemies were strongly represented throughout the Far East and had ample funds with which to extend their propaganda and undermine the loyalty of British Indian subjects. In 1925 the Empire was as powerful as before the war, India had just emerged from a critical period of intensive agitation, the Akali movement was subsiding and the Goverment of India was firmly in the saddle, and
Russia was busy with the Chinese and had no money
to spare for dubious adventures with Indians.
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