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to India in neutral steamers, or, as an alternative, procure for us the necessary passports over the Chinese frontier. In this way we would be able to smuggle our arms into India.
It was further resolved to start a Press in India under the control of
Jaggat Ran,
Amar Singh,
Prithi Singh,
who would arrange for the publication of revolutionary
literature which would be distributed to the members of the
Central Managing Committee. These, in their turn, were to distribute the literature in the villages. To simplify the working of the scheme, we incorporated Amar Singh and Prithi Singh in the Central Managing Committee.
The following day about 60 or 70 Indians attended
on the Superintendent of Police, Hong Kong, with a view to forwarding their claims. "We Indians", they said, "desire to return to India in a body. At present we are penniless and there is no work for us here. If, within the next two or three days, Government fails to provide us with shipping accommodation, then we claim that we are entitled to compensation in the shape of a daily allowance of food and money". The Superintendent of Police replied that he was not in a position to give them a decided answer. "There is no reason" he said, "why Government should make these provisions for you", In reply to this we said "It is the duty of Government to lend assistance to its subjects who
are in a distressed condition in foreign countries. Either
we should be provided with a ship for our conveyance to India or else we should be given maintenance allowance".
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