This article describes the escalating conflict between the passengers and the owners fo the Komagata Maru. The passengers refused to allow the steamer to move from port fearing that while the captain claimed to only be moving to make room for other ships due in harbour that they would instead sail back across the Pacific. The owners are also demanding increased payment for the long time the ship has sat in port due to the immigration hearings and the cost of the return journey should the passengers be unable to land totalling the balance owed at ,000. Finally it discusses the ongoing immigration hearings and a personal plea made by one of the immigrants for he and his fellow passengers to land.
