CO129-429 - Public Offices & Others - 1915 — Page 371

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pretence of worship.

Throughout our stay in Hong Kong meetings were held daily at 8 p.m. in the Gurdwara, The Sepoys of the 26th Punjabis (?) also attended these meetings.

We (the passengers of the Korea) together with the Canadian Sikhs went to the Superintendent of Police about our passage to India, That officer replied that boats were leaving Hong Kong for India on the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 8th of October and that 20 of us could go on each of these boats. We replied that we wished to return together, whereupon the Superintendent of Police telephoned to the shipping agents, who, in reply, promised to find accommodation for 60 of our number on a boat leaving on

the 12th. With this we returned,

ibly Rur Singh,

son of Attar

h of Chuhar

1. Police

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L.L. Tomkins,

whose arrest

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not been ht.

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On return to the Gurdwara, the American Ghadr

Party decided with one voice to put Rur Singh and me on the

staff, which hitherto had consisted of Jaggat Ram (left

at Manilla) Kesar Singh, and Jawala Singh,

About two or three days later three other ships

arrived at Hong Kong

(1) From Shanghai which was bound for England via

Colombo.

On board this ship were 60 to 65 Indians, all

of whom were members of the Ghadr party.

They were headed

50.

by Nidhan Singh of Chuhar, who with four other Sikhs, had

disembarked from the Korea at Nagasaki.

bably Sher Singh,

of Kesar Singh

(2) From Vancouver. About 30 or 40 Sikhs and one

Jaipur, Police Muhammadan named Ismail, of Bhurral, Police Station Sherpur,

ion Tarn Taran,

rict Amritsar,Patiala State, were on board, Their leader was Sher Singh Orned. When

ested was in of the Maniha.

ession of

itious leaflet.

(3)

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