The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-03
RIFLES GO TO INDIA
IN BALES OF COTTON
Six Exiled for Conspiracv-
Prosecution for Plot
in Burma.
GERMAN SHIP Is SINKe
ny OSCAR KING UHyI.

~ OSCAR KING DAVIS.
RANoooN, Burma. Feb. o.-ons q, H..
young policemen who conducted Ito a.
animation Of incoming passengers at,,,a
the kagamura told me about Moo, H..
wood. whom he described as ono o., A.,
in the Rangoon district.
According TO tho story. Dawuod r,d
conspired to obtain a supply Of arm.
which is a reasonable offence In Ind,
From the police point Of view the ri,r
native might have been wanting the RE,
for either OF two reasons. both edualh
bad. lie might have fallen a victim
to the lure OF German intrigue or l..
might have cast In his lot with the sedl.
ton mongcrs who are said 10 he ga:hcrs!
in the United States.
TIL number he was suspectei ~ e.,.
ting runs all the way from 10000 g.
500. 900. OF course the latter number
Is the product Of a fantastic imagination
Next. according to the tale. Dawood
was to get these arms packed In bales O.,
cotton that were TO he shipped 20 him IN
Norweeian sailing vessels. This cotton
scheme fixed the number OF rifles a. 100.
600. I, would take a considerable ru,r.
Der of bales OF cotton 10 cover IN leo 600
rii.cs so we'll that the curious eyes q. tie
indian Government would not find ar
OF them.
The tale OF the Dawood conspiracy, a,
IL has come TO me, does not toll to mar.
ner or the place In which ihesc bale
OF cotton were TO be obtained. NICOLA
Dawood was caught and eeit with 8
number OF fellow Olotters t. kva Pa.
an island in the Gulf of Beisa!. The
variations of the story show souc'hrs
of the state of nerves OF the ruins c.l,s
H. this part OF India.
In seeking TO learn the 'rG. story :
encountered the same unsatisfactory IN.
deiiniteress that has matEed the replies
all the way alouE the China ,pas. For
instance. regarding the number &c friends
not to say acCompliCea-Hhu wen w.
Mocha IaWoud to the deso'a'e islot ~
kya Pyu. the young policeman ,~ti1tel
them AZ tweuty-niuc a.. told.
In the office Of the comm. >s.ouo- ~
police ! vas told That there were 'S,r.
teen of them. including the Oh Fl COZ.
spirator. one OF the MAJ rates VII,
participated in the examinations NAi'-
preceded tn. deportation told no That
six men had been eNilcd. Later talk.
with "A relative ot Moo'a uJv n.l, VIII
angrily declared tAere were ;h." y.c.-
sent TO the island. There waS vice var
alton also in tho reports az 80 the tine
OF apprehension OF the couSpira'ors an
the circumstances 90 Their arrest. Y
was alleged by some OF .hose whose
connections should give them aG.ho..',
in matters "f police Information that tie
police had been aware OF what was 90
ing on in NICOLA Dawood's little bad
for a long time. Again. | was equally
reliably Informed that the disclosure o.
the conspiracy came resenily. and by a
most fortunate circumstance.
There is a vagueacss and variation g.
the accounts of the plans and do,u-s -
the corspirators, a Nd%gueness winch 10
amount of questiJ. .ng that ougll g.
sui'iSed TO eliminate.
RanGoon IL the mos important city p,
the province of Burma, which - one -
the important art Of the erca' lid al
empire. The city is rich, wei, built and
attractive. Mocha Dawood Wa one %
it's pillars of commerce. lie WAS !r''r.
osted IN rice mills, factories art mp
ping.
Naturally T. Mas calculated TO SO 80
residents nf Ransom a sAai rau 90 '.
that a man ia the position u' Nou.t i',-
wood was couSpir.ug acai.-' rho i", .
AMI security OF '.e british 'iu,.r, '
Is opportunity i'm iiI" ="
conspiracy OF that Kind I.ur'ns I'N'
door to siam, aaa there are c. U.'a '
Siam.
Also Burma is ucNt dn0r o., q. 20. s''
rhol" Al" G'rmau, iu GAIA V.p src '.-
voting many hours ever. I.s r.
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