Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
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millionaire, Leader of East
In dian Mohammedsns.
Declares India's Hope I,
With England.
LONDON Son. n

LONDON, Sept "a
Germany made a mistake about mat
as 1t did about Ireland, and anvboa,,
who counts on India to be false to rnr
land will come cropper"
In these words his Highness tho
Khan the recognized temporal le,do.
of 6OOOO,O0O of East Indian Mohap,r,.
dams, sums up for the World corno
spondent the Indian Empires statue l.
the worlds war.
The Aga Khan has directed A.
hhoJa Moslems, who alone number Sow.
eral millions, and of whom he is a..
spiritual as well as the temporaI b,.,
to place their personal services and -.
sources at the disposal of the Govern-
nlent and has volunteered to servo h,,,
self as private in any regiment a,
infantry of the Indian expeditionarv
force.
The Aga Khan laughed heartily ovsr
the suggestion that the German,st,,
propaganda might undermine the lova,t,
of Great Brtain's Indian subjects ua
remarked smilingly:
Many of my fellow countrymen havs
been in Africa and have seen the Gov
man administration in the German Eos.
and Southwest African colonies. THAI
know what Germanization of India wou,d
mean. and they know, too, that If Eng.
land were driven out of India, Germanv.
should she be successful in this war.
would step in. The thinking elenent
among Indians of all classes realize that
our country, divided as 1t is into hun
dreds of principalities each inclined tn
be jealous of the others, could not hone
to stand alone, even If British rule vera
withdrawn.
GERMAN PURPOSE KNOWN.
"Germany's twofold purpose in striv.
ing to create dissension in India is first
to give trouble to England, which might
cost her victory in the war; second, to
seize India as part of the Kaisers dream
of world empire.
This scheme is as well known to
India as at Berlin. India will need no
assistance from England to frustrate II.
because the Indians fully comprehend the
peril of being crushed beneath the mailed
fist of Prussian militarism."
The Aga khan's manner became more
grave as he continued:
After all. the one hope of India lies
in the King and Emperor and his Gov
ernmcnt. There can be no united India
until England has tiished her work Of
knitting together into one strong nation
the confusing jumbe of races religions
and castes she has governed so suc-
cessfully for $50 years.
AN apt comparison is American
domination of the Philippines But
there exist now between England and
India affections and sentiments arising
from their long community of interests
which are not yet found between Fill
pinos and Americans.
BLAMEs GERMAN VIEWPOINT.
Such feeling L believe to be ncom.
rrehcnsible to the Germans. II seems
to me they totally lack sense of pro-
portion. arising from a sympathetc un-
derstanding of the needs of another
people. 1t is incomprehensible to them
that Belgium should have resisted their
advance into France. Apparently they
fail utterly to understand the feeling
that, for instance. would actuate an
American if an alien nation attempted
10 sehd an army through the United
States to attack Canada.
Personally, my antipathy is not to-
ward the German people, who possess
many fine qualities. but against the
Irussian school of Bernhardis Metz
sches and the Kaiser's General Staff
school designed basicaly for the
crushing of liberalism and independence
OF any kind, whether manifested In
Germany or abroad"
''Will Indian troops be able 10 stand
against the German army, considering
they have never before been permitted
to fight white men?"
81 think So" the Aga Khan replied
with quiet smile. "If need he there
can he 10000 or 7.ON0,OOO-that wouldn't
be- Il great number 10 offer from our
S2too0Oo) population. No Despite the
eftusons from Wilhelmstrasse you may
rest assured that there Is not the slight
est doubt as to India's loyalty 10 Eng
land"