The Chief of Police heard his out patiently, and then intimates that his orders had come from the Home Department and that he had no other alternative but to enforce them. Members of the Greater Asia Union interposed on behalf of the "rajah" and negotiations were carried on for over an hour. In the according to some Japan-papers, the Oraka Chief of Po-ice got into direct telephone communication with the Home Minister who confirmed his orders that Pratap must leave Japan, This was communicated to the "rajah" who replied: "If that's the case, onl fore can make me board that shi The Chief of Police merely smiled and nodded to some of his men.
Force ix a perfectly legitimate weapon in the armoury of the Japanese police and the "raja" was lifted and undignifiedly thrust into a waiting motor car.
Sympathizers followed him to the pier and here a firebrand called on the people around to rescue the "rajah" by fore. Either the crowd was wiser or else the strength of the police was too imposing. The crowd grinned, but did nothing else. Pratap thereupon drew forth his fountain pen. Several policemen clasped the hilts of their sabres. But it was a fountain pen and nothing more. Pratap thereupon. write a few lines to his attorney, part of which is as follows:
"Force has been used on my person for no lawful reason whatsoever. This is the work of some who fear the renaissance of Asia and is very regretful. T adjure the members of the Pan-Asian Union to go ahead and seek to realize the noble aims we are all striving for."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.