The Qadian Diary — Page 62
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 48 source of other complications. These may kindly be removed from Qadian as soon as possible. The local Military has promised to arrange a foot convoy but till this arrangement materialises we can possibly have no rest. 3. Qadian itself may have to be evacuated and we are already arranging the evacuation of women and children through private convoys but the present rate is naturally very slow and unless large convoys are arranged or a daily train service is established the process of avacuation will naturally be long delayed. A foot convoy with Muslim Military escort may also very materially help in evacuating a fairly large number, after which only a limited number of people will remain to look after the Mosques and other holy shrines and to conduct essential religious services. 4. Since all Muslim villages round-about Qadian have been evacuated Sikhs from the neighbouring villages are frequenting Qadian, roaming about in large num- bers in the streets and even in exclusively Ahmadi Mohallas. As this state of affairs is causing great anx- iety in the minds of the Ahmadies and may possibly lead to trouble it is requested that the Police and Mil- itary posted at Qadian may kindly be instructed to prevent such aimless entry of outside Sikhs into Qa- dian. Already there have taken place several incidents in which outside Sikhs have snatched away Muslim property—milch cattle, horses, bicycles etc. ,—from the streets of Qadian. One local Ahmadi has also been killed with kirpans. 5. Two of our distinguished members who are also