Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-24
AT CHAINS REFUSED TO
RNTAG0NIzE BRITAIN
German Scheme to Break Into
India by the Back Door
Failed.

Correspondence Of The Associated Press.
LONDON. Dec 23-After nearI,
two years of silence regarding the sit
uation In Afghanistan, where II wa,
known that German agents had beer
active in the early days of the war
the British government has issued al
account OF the failure of the alleged
German plot for "A great Afghan up
rising. The sponsors of the scheme
II is said. expected little difficulty In
obtaining the assistance of the ameer
OF Afghanistan, and planned that tho
uprising would spread quickly across
the borders into India. The ameer
however. dismissed the German ennis
saries, refusing To- have anything to dc
with their plots or their offers.
L The British governments account
as given I'm the house OF commons 10y
Austen Chamberlain. secretary OF
state for India, is as follows:
I'm the spring of 1915 the German
ngovernment decided TO send a mission
To Arghanistan. For this purpose
/ they selected from among number
OF Indian anarchists in Berlin a young
landowner from Oudh. who posed to
them as ruling chief, and as such
was received In audience by the em-
pcror.
This person was accompanied by n
party of German officers, some Turks
and another Indian anarchist. a Mos
lem. Tho principal German officer
Lieutenant Won Hentig, was the bearer
of a letter from the German chancel-
lor to the ameer, in which the latter
was invited to advise the pretended
hajah how best india might be liber-
ated from British tyranny.
L.
mako important revelations to the
amcer regarding the relations which
the German government would In fu.
ture exist between Afshanistan, Ger
manS, Austria-iIungary and Turkey.
The mission broke up in Persia,
and succeeded in making its way In
small parties into Afghanistan in the
late summer. They were arrested on
arrival and eventually conveyed to
TO kabul towards the end OF the year.
There is reason to believe that the
ameer and his people quickly ap-
praised these Germans and the Indian
"dNenturers by whom they were ac-
companied at their true value.
1T Is true that the intervention of
Turkey under German influence
created complication, and placed
his majesty the ameor in an exceed
ingly difficult position.
But at the outbreak of the war hi
majesty save the viceroy OF India tn,
most solemn assurance OF his inten.
ton to preserve the neutrality of hiu
country, and II is with great satlsfac.
ton that | acknowledge on behalf OF
his majesty's government the loyalty |
or the ameer to his pledged word-as !
sacred to the true Moslem as to our |
selves.
His majesty has firmly refused the |
seductive as they are |
nrealizable-held out to him to in.
duce him to forsake his ally, and has
used his Influence to prevent disturb
ancos on the frontier.
The emeer dismissed the mission
In May last. II would not be in the
public Interest to state what has be-
come Of the various members; but
some of them have been captured by
the Russians and the British after
leaving Afghanistan.
The estates OF tho Indian land
owner have been sequcstrated By the
government OF india
Letters werc also addressed by the
brennan chancellor to number of
'uling chiefs"