The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
TROUBLE IN india
KITCHENER GOES TO SAVE MO-
HAMMEDANS TO ENGLAND
UNREST AMONG MOSLEMS
News Reaches Washington That Brit
ish Partisan, Nizam of Hyderabad,
Has Been observation-disclosures
Embassy Says Under Treaty Japan
Would Furnish Troops, il Re-
QueSted.

quested.
Earl Kitchener's ultimate destina
tion during his absence from the
British war office is said by confden
tial information received in Washing
ton to be India, where, according tt
the same information, British rule j:
confronted with more serious state
of unrest than has generally beer
known outside of British official cir
cles.
Through the thick veil which the
British censorship has thrown abou
the events in India and Egypt come.
a statement that Nawab, Sultan U
MuIk, the Nizam Of Hyderabad, one
Of the most influential of the native
princes and a staunch supporter Of
the British, has been deposed by hi:
people.
This development, coming aftel
successive reports Of mutinies anG
unrest, is said to be the leading rea
son for Earl Kitchener's departure
from England.
It has been officially announced
that the head of the British war Of
fee was on his way to the theatre O.
operations in the Near East, which
has been generally interpreted a.
meaning the Balkans. Information
reaching the United States, however
| through channels not subject to cen
sorship, is that it is well known il
London among those close to the gov
ernment that although Earl Kitchen
er may stop in the Balkans to to-or
dinate the efforts of the allied forces
his ultimate destination is not onl.
India, but Egypt as we'll, where tn
| British gateway. to Asia now is men
faced by the Observation-Disclosures
successes in the Balkans.
Coupled with repeated rumors o
activities of German agents foment
ing discomfort among the native pop
ulation Of India have come reports o
disaffection in Egypt, also ascribe'
! to the same sources
Since the Turks failed to cut tn
Suez canal, mainly through tn
prompt arrival of colonial troop
from New Zealand and Australia,
has been reported that agents fror
Constantinople and Berlin have bee,
conducting a persistent propagand
among the natives.
The Importance to the British o
the reported downfall of the Mar
of Hyderabad may be illustrated b
the fact that at the critical momen
when Turkey entered hostilities an
the sultan called on all Mohamme
dams for a holy war, the Nizam G
HydeTabad, head of the largest Nc
hammedan state in India, issued
! manifesto to his people in which b
declared it to be the duty of ell Nc
hammedans in India to adhere t
their British allegiance. The NizaI
also contributed two million dollar
to defray the expenses Of the Firs
Hyderabad Imperial Lancers and th
Twentieth Deccan horse, who wer
transported for service in Europe.
Such information as has come t
Washington is of an unofficial char
acter, and inasmuch as it does no
emanate from sources which woul
be interested in spreading reports Q
disaffection in British territory it ha
been given credence.
The last reports to the state de
partment on political conditions i
British possessions in Asia were re
ceived more than two months age
when details came of the mutiny o
natives in Singapore, in which prac
tically ali officers and most of tn
troops of a British regiment "wer
killed. An eXpeditionary force o
British bluejackets captured mar
native leaders and after a brief trla
they were executed.
At the Japanese embassy the
opinion was expressed that under
the treaty between Great Britain
and Japan the latter would be
bound to furnish troops, if called
upon, for duty in India or Egypt.
The embassy, however, had no ad-
vices on the situation in India.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British
ambassador, is at Ottawa paying ;
visit to the governor general of Can
ada. At the embassy it was said N
new adyices had been received t.
throw light on the situation.