THE DAILY PROVINCE
APRIL 16, 1914

BOAT LOAD OF HINDUS ON WAY TO
VANCOUVER
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Despatch to German Paper States that Four
Hundred East Indians Left Shanghai on Tuesday on
a Japanese Steamer; Bound for This Port.
(Special Copyright Cable to the Vancouver Daily Province and Montreal Star)

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London, April 16.—German newspapers received in London today
contain a German Cable Company’s message from Shanghai announcing the
departure of the steamer Komagata Maru from Shanghai for Vancouver on
April 14 with 400 East Indians on board, 200 from Shanghai, 150 from
Hongkong and the remainder form Nagasaki.
The steamer was chartered by a rich East Indian, Curdit Singh, in order
to test what the Canadian authorities mean to do under the recent court
decision that Canada is not justified in excluding natives of India. The
despatch adds that if his party is allowed to land, Curdit Singh intends to
organize a regular emigration service between India and Canada.
WINDERMERE.