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This is an editorial condemning Prime Minister Laurier for signing a treaty, as a dominion under the British Empire, with Japan which allows for Japanese immigration to Canada and challenges provincially enacted exclusionary laws such as the Natal…

This editorial discusses the unsuccessful attempt of immigration authorities and Vancouver police to board the Komagata Maru and restore control to its captain so the ship would depart. ￊ

This article describes special permission being granted to Hakam Singh for his mother and four children to immigrate to Canada.

This article briefly describes the potential for large scale rebellion in INdia against the British government should Canada exclude South Asian immigrants from landing.

This article discusses an amendment to the Vancouver Incorporation Act to deny South Asian immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections.

Describes the initial arrival of a group of South Asian immigrants from the steamship Tartar

This articledescribes a number of South Asian immigrant workers being deemed --unsuited-- to railway work and dismissed as laborers by the company Ironside, Rannie & Campbell and returning to Vancouver.

This article discusses rising unrest in India against the British occupation, specifically the discovery of a bomb factory in Calcutta. As well as the international scope of the unrest as groups of South Asian immigrants residing in London and Paris…

This article describes the re-release of several South Asian immigrants from custody after a court order demanding their release was served to immigration officials.

This article is a report of M.P. Steven's description of the departure of the Komagata Maru and how the settlement with the federal government and immigration authorities and the shore committee and the passengers was reached.

This article describes the order to deport nearly two hundred South Asian immigrants on the grounds that they could not prove they were in compliance with the Continuous Journey law. It also discusses the probability of a legal clash with the C.P.R…

This article discusses financial support being sent from South Asian immigrants in British Columbia to friends and relatives in India, specifically to assist in actions against the British imperial government.

This article briefly discusses a group of alleged rioters arrested at Powell street grounds and that bail for some was provided by prominent South Asian residents.

This article discusses a misrepresented plan for an envoy to journey to Canada and the actual plans to send Mackenzie King as an envoy to Great Britain to discuss the question of South Asian immigration to British Columbia.

This article discusses the news that the Komagata Maru is sailing to Vancouver with a large number of South Asian immigrants on board and the possible legal barriers to their entry. It also mentions the efforts of the federal government, in…

This article is a brief report of the criticisms directed at the Canadian government by a British Statesman regarding exclusionary immigration laws directed at South Asians.--

This article states that unrest in Singapore, caused by a confrontation between a Sepoy regiment and British soldiers, has been quelled with the assistance of marines from Japanese and French war ships.

This article discusses the reaction of the British Imperial government to the decision to exclude the passengers of the Komagata Maru, and therefore all South Asian immigrants, and suggests that steps must be taken for clear-cut laws and agreements…

This article discusses a number of French-Canadian workers arriving in B.C. to replace South Asian immigrants as labourers in the Fraser River mills.

This article describes a failed meeting arranged between government officials and leaders of the South Asian community in Vancouver regarding the proposed relocation of a number of landed immigrants to Honduras.

This article describes an incident where a white male shot a South Asian immigrant, for reasons unknown, and was subsequently charged with murder. Attack occurred in Spokane, Washington, at a boarding house.

This article discusses two bills passed by Lord Minto, viceroy of India, and the council to combat --sedition-- against the British government in India. They include the Explosive Bill and the Press Bill.

This article discusses the legal proceedings for the first test case for the Komagata Maru passengers to be heard in court. It also discusses the length of time an appeal would take if it were carried to the Canadian Supreme Court, and possibly then…

This article describes the trial of Mewa Singh and goes into detail about the testimony given and the verdict and sentence.

This article discusses a test case of the Natal Act, brought forward at the request of the federal government.