CO129-409 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [1-3] — Page 65

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Enclosure 1.

COPY.

Secret.

Head Quarters,

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South China Command,

Hongkong, 13th. January, 1914.

Your Excellency,

I have the honour to attach herewith a copy

of the GADHAR ("MUTINY") together with a precis of the translation.

It will be seen that this is a type of the

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seditious Newspapers which are becoming daily more common.

3.

Besides Indian Soldiers there are of course a number of Indians employed in this Colony, and papers such as

the attached can do incalculable haria.

4.

I have therefore the honour to request that

Your Excellency may take action with a view to the Government of

the United States of America being approached regarding the

suppression of this publication.

5.

The enclosed is the first issue of the ne78-

-paper, and it will be seen that it is published by YUGANTAR 1910.

ASHRAM, San Francisco.

6.

I have reported the matter to India and have

informed the Autmorities in India of the action I am taking.

I have etc.,

(Sd.) F. H. Kelly, Major-General,

Commanding the Troops in South

China.

His Excellency

Sir F. H. May, K.C.M.G.,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

Hongkong.