The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-23
REFUSES
H|NDU5 LANDING
Armed Force VIII Escort Object
ionable Aliens and Their Ship
to Sea When Japanese Vessels
win Take Charge.

F.. . O.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
June 20.7-( Associated Press by Fed.
eral Wireless From present appear.
ances Il IL going 10 take the united
armed strength Of the Canadian and
the Japanese governments to clean Van
couyer harbor Of the unwelcome pres
ence Of the steamer Komagata Maru,
which camc here somo weeks ago IN an
attempt TO land some hundreds Of Hin
do laborers, and to get the stearher
back into oriental waters. Following
the refusal Of the Canadian inimigras
tion authorities to allow the Hindus to
land and the decision Of the Canadian
supreme court that the order Of depor-
tation was legal, Gurdit singh, the
leader of the Hindus and the organizer
Of the trip, declared his intention Of
refusing to allow the deportation order
TO be carried out, claiming that, as
British subjects, the Indians had every
right to land in Canada, on British soil
Taking a leaf out Of the book Of the
British suffragettes, the Hindu imnii-
grunts went on hunger strike, refusi
ing to eat and announcing their ihten,
tion of starving to death in order to
incite trouble in India for the British
government there. The hunger strike
lasted some days, but was finally
Ordered from Port.
This week the Canadian port officials
ordered Captain Yamamoto of the Ko-
magata Maru to clear for some orien,
tai port, taking with him his Hindu
passengers. This order the Japanese
skipper proceeded to carry out, when
the Hin1us riotcd and threatened to
kill the captain and his crew IL anyone
aboard the ship attempted TO get up
steam, hoist the anchor or mako any
preparation to sail
Nesterday Captain YamamDto held q
conference with the commanders OF the
Japanese training cruisers, Asaina ahd
Azuma, which have arrived from SIN
Francisco, ana laid the facts before
them, asking assistance. lie pointed
out that the Canadians could escort
him TO the three-miie limit, but that
their Jurisdiction over the Komagata
Maru would end, when tho Hindus
might mutiny and take possession Of
the steamer.
After a further conference between
the port officials, the two Japanese
naval officers and the captain on the
Komagata Mard, it was agreed that nm
armed guard Of Canadians be pu.
aboard the STEAMER TO keep The peace
in Canadian waters md that when the
high seas were reached a naval guard
from the cruisers should replace the
Canadians TO take the vessel safely
back TO INC Orient. II Is expected that
this plan win be put Into force at once
and the Kbmagata oMaru puzzle be
passed up to the authorities OF India
to handle. d
Gurdit Singh has asked permission
to land in order to take the Empress
of Russia back to the Orient, by means
of which be win be able 10 reach
India within three weeks, ahead OF the
Komagata Maru, for the arrival of
which at Calcutta he could prepare.
The trouble Of the Hindus is conipli-
Gated by the fact that Gurdit Singh,
who chartered the steamer, now re,
fuses to pay the balance Of the charter.
price, stating that the terms OF the
charter have not been complied with
by the owners, inasmuch as his passen-
gers have not been landed at Van.
eOuver. r.