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Show oo CRUISER RAINBOW SENT TO THE SCENE Ottawa, Ont.. July 19 A report of the battle in Vancouver harbor early ! today betwen police and Hindoos on the steamship Komagata Maru was j received by Dominion officials to-i to-i night The steamer arrived three months ago with 350 Hindoos, who. as British subjects, claimed the right to land in Canada The immigration I officers refused them admission on the ground that they were undesirable : persons. Several times the Hindoos ! attempted to reach shore, but were j prevented by guard boats in the harbor har-bor which the immigration authorities authori-ties stationed around the ship The courts have sustained the immigration im-migration authorities' decision, and the .Japanese captain of the steamer was given instructions to sail for Japan Ja-pan with his load of Hindoos. |