The Washington times., 1911-01-06
HINDU WARD OF RICH
MISSIONARY BARRED
Sad-Eyed Boy Kept From
Country BY the Immi-
grafton Laws.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Hari-Singh, an
Last Indian boy Of twelve, who arrived
by the White star liner Cedric with his
guardian and preceptOr, Samuel f.
Stokes, son of the late Samuel E.
Stokes, of Philadelphia, is having a
lonesome time in the detention pen at
Ellis island. The boy speaks only
Hindustani, and there is not an inter-
prefer on the island who can say howdy
in the language of the widest border
of the Punjab, whence the little dark
and sad-eyed boy halls.
The reason he was taken from his
preceptor, who is a missionary on tho
way to Tibet, was that under the law
no alien boy under sixteen can come
into this country unless accompanied by
or going to his parent or parents.
Here to Settle Estate.
Mr.. Stokes visit here was necessary
TO the settlement of his fathers estate
in Philadelphia. He belongs to an old
Quaker family, and his father, who was
the head of the Stokes-ParIsh Elevator
Company, was wealthy. Some of this
wealth Mr.. Stokes expects to take back
TO the Punjab to help the East Indians
to attain better civilization and more
comfort. He is a member OF an Angl-
can brotherhood that uses high churcn
ccremonialS and whose laymen and
clergy wear cassocks and knee breeChes.
When he received the summons from
his fathers lawyers to come back nome
he decided to bring the boy along so ne
might carry back to India impressions
and views that might be useful in the
propagation of the brotherhood S work.
He felt so badly over the detention of
the boy that he asked to he permitted
to stay in the detention pen with him
pending a decision in his case, but the
rules of the immigration bureau will not
permit this.
Finding that he could do nothing to
alleviate the boys lOneSOmeneSS, Mr..
Stokes left money to buy him any
daintieS that he might desire, and went
on TO Philadelphia.
Appeals to Nagel.
The boy was excluded by the auto
matte action of the Law. After a hur-
ricd consultation with his fathers law
ycrs, Mr.. Stokes went to Washington
and appealed to Secretary Nagel, of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
who promised to consider the case. Nj.
Stokes IS willing to put up a bond of
almost any sum to get the boy from the
island, guaranteeing that he will stay
in America only long enough to enable
Mr. Stokes to settle up his interest in
his fathers estate. 1t is possible that
the law may be put aside temporarily
and the boy permitted to land and stay
while under the protection of his
guardian.
Mr.. Stokes visited Ellis island yester-
dav and had a long talk with Hari-
Singh, cheering HIM up wonderfully.
Mr.. Stokes again asked permission to
stay in the detention room, but AGAIN
was told that il was against the reEu-
lations. He said that he would get
back to his station in the Himalayas.
near Sima, as soon as he could. He
has been in that district seven years,
and has become 50 accustomed to Soli-
tude that he cannot endure the stress
OF metropolitan civilization. The hub
bub even of Philadelphia distressed him
and he found it difficult to sleep as he
did in the Himalayas. He said he had
been received very kindly by Secretary
Nagel, Who expressed sympathy for the
little Hindu, and minated that It might
be possible to get him out.