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9. Ishar Singh of Bhambi pura, district Ludhiana, formerly of the Hong Kong Sinapore Artillery.

Believed to have gone to Shanghai.

of Kufri,

10. Sher Muhammad, s/o Fatteh Khan district Shahpur. Believed to have gone to Shanghai.

11. Bachittar Singh, a railway employee.

district

Probably 8/0 Ganda Singh of Nathowal, Ludhiana. Not to be confused with a man of the same

name employed by the Asiatic Petroleum Company.

12.

Sawan Singh alias Lall Singh, an ex-langri of the Hong Kong Singapore Artillery.

13.

Sham Singh of Jhabbal, formerly of Shanghai

Has and a possible connection of the Ghadr party. returned to Shanghai.

14. Sarwan Singh, identity as yet not ascertained. Employed as watchman by a German at Tungshan (close to Canton) and believed to be anti-British.

Is one of the present ringleaders.

Knows Chinese.

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9. Though Communist propaganda has made considerable progress in parts of Indo-China and the Dutch East Indies, and Labour troubles are not unknown in Singapore, the Malay Peninsula as a whole is still immune from the Bolshevik virus.

The population of the Peninsula is very mixed and consists mainly of Malays, Chinese and Indians. Taking into consideration males only the Indian element accounts for about three-sixteenths of the total population, the Chinese and Malays being equally

represented.

The Malays have no political consciousness

and may be ignored. The Indians comprise Pathans,

Sikhs, and Punjabi Muhammadans men from the Ganges

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