THE DAILY PROVINCE
AUGUST 28, 1913

HINDUS FIND WAY TO ENTER CANADA
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Discover Continuous Route from India on Japanese
Line.

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Victoria, Aug. 28,--After a careful and thoroughly careful study of the
regulations dealing with Hindu immigration to Canada and an exhaustive
enquiry into the routes of different steamship companies which come to this
country from the Indian Empire, the British subjects of that eastern domain
have succeeded in paving a way for their entry into Canada. It is expected that
the Hindus will arrive here in the future in as large numbers as the Chinese
and Japanese.
When the Nippon liner Sanuki Maru was berthed at the outer docks last
evening the immigration officials here found that they were confronted with
the Hindu problem again.
Three natives of the Asiatic country applied for admission to this
country and today they are being examined by the officials and in all
probability will be permitted to remain. The small party which arrived
yesterday is the second to come in the last month and now that the Hindus
find that, provided they can pass the health examination and comply with the
other requirements of the regulations, they can enter Canada, they will be
flocking here in large numbers.
The Dominion regulations state that the Hindu must come here by
direct voyage from the land of his birth. This question of coming direct has
been bothering the Hindu for some time.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has service from Bombay and Calcutta to
Yokohama and Hongkong and as they connect with the transpacific boats of
the line the Hindu decided to try this route and see what the outcome would
be. The Sado Maru, which arrived several weeks ago, brought in five new

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Hindus and they were admitted to Canada. It is understood that this party and
the one which arrived yesterday on the Sanuki were used to test the new plan.