Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
100000 HINDUS
. LOYAL TO BRITAIN |
READY FOR SERVICE
Millionaire, Leader Of Ess,
In dian Mohammedans.
Declares India's Hope |,
With England.

LONDON, Sept "a
Germany made a mistake about 1nd,.
as 1t did about Ireland, and anvboa,.
who counts on India to be false to Er..
land viii come q cropper"
In these words his Hiehness ~.
Khan the recognized temporal leads,
of 6Q,00O,0o0 of East Indian Moharro
dams, sums UP for the World corro.
spondent the Indian Empires statue l.,
the worlds war
The Aga Khan has directed ~.
Khoja Moslems, who alone number a..
eral millions, and of whom he ia ~.
spiritual as we'll as The temporal besd
to place their personal services and "a.
sources at the disposal of the Govorn.
ment, and has volunteered to Servo b,r,
self as private in any regiment =,
infantry of the Indian expedltionsr,
force.
The Aga Khan laughed heartily ovsr
the suggestion that the Germanlst,o
propaganda might undermine the LOYALTY
of Great Britain's Indian subjects. n.
remarked smllingly.
been in Africa and have seen the Gar.
man administration in the German Eas,
and Southwest African colonies. Thev
know what Germanization OF India vou,d
mean. and they know, too, that if Eng.
land were driven out OF India, GERMANY
should she be successful in this war
would step in. The thinking element
among Indians of all classes realize that
our country. divided as it is into hum
dreds of principalities each inclined ia
be jealous of the others, could not hops
to stand alone, even If British rule were
withdrawn. ,..
GERMAN PURPOSE KNOWN.
"Germany's twofold purpose in striy.
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 Kaiser's dream
of world empire.
This scheme is as we'll known to
India as at Berlin, India will need no
assistance from England to Illustrate it,
because the Indians fully comprehend the
peril of being crushed beneath the mailed
fist of Prussian mlitarism."
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
ernment. There can be no united India
until England has fiished her work Of
knitting together into one strong nation
the confusing tumble of races. religions
and castes she has governed so sue
cessfully for $50 years.
IAN 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 1 believe to be incom.
prehensible to the Germans. 1t seems
to me they totally lack a sense of pro-
portion. arising from a sympathetic un.
derstandng 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
to send an army through the United
States to attack Canada.
Personally. my aptipathy is not to-
ward the German people, who possess
many fine qualities, but against the
Prussian school of Bernhardis. Metz
sches and the Iaisers General Staff
school designed basically for the
crushing of liberalism and Independents
of any kind, whether manifested In
Germany or abroad"
"Will Indian troops be able to stand
against the German army, considering
they have never before been permitted
TO fight white men?"
II think So" the Aga Khan replied
with quiet smile. "If need be there
can be 100000 or 7OOO.0OO-that wouldn't
be great number 10 offer from our
22JOOO,O00 population No. Despite the
efrusions from Wilhelmstrasse. you may
rest assured that there Is not the sllght'
est doubt as to India's loyalty TO Eng