"In the end of September, Master Tara Singh and Udham Singh Nagoke issued a statement calling upon the Sikhs to stop the murder of Muslims. The appeal, however, was not happily worded and came in for a great deal of criticism from the Pakistan Authorities. While pointing out that the Sikhs and Hindus had been “guilty of most shameful attacks upon women and children in the communal warfare" and asking them to “stop all retaliation” the Sikh leaders said, “ We do not desire friendship of the Muslims and we may never befriend them. We may have to fight again but we shall fight a clean fight - -man killing man. This killing of women and children and those who seek asylum must cease at once. . . . There should be no attacks on refugee trains, convoys and caravans. We ask you to do so chiefly in the interests of your own communities, reputations, character and tradition than to save the Muslims.” An exhortation of this type was scarcely calculated to check the non-Muslim frenzy in East Punjab."
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