Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-22
UPRISING AMONG
AFGHANS PROVES
TOTAL FAILURE
Statement Issued by British
Government Gives Account
of Futile German Effort to
FOment Rebellion,
tAs.ocInted rres. Corrcspondcncc1

London, Dec. AFTER nearly two
years Of silence regarding the situation
i'm Afghanistan, whore IL was known
that German agents had been active
i'm the early days of the war; the Brit
ish government has issued an account
of the failure of the alleged German
plot for a great Afghan uprising. The
sponsors of the scheme, II is said cN.
pccted little difficulty i'm obtaining the
assistance of the Ameer or AfEhanis-
tan. and planned that the uprising
would spread quickly across the Dor
ders into India. The Amecr, how
ever, dismissed the German cmissar-
les, refusing to have anything to DO
with their plots or their offers.
The British governments account
as given IN the house Of commons by
Austen Chamberlain, secretary oil
state for India, is as follows.
In the spring of 1915 the German
government decided to send q mission
to Afghanistan. For this purpose
they selected from among a. number
of Indian anarchists in Berlin a younh
landowner from Oudh, who posed TO
them as a ruling chief, and as such
was received in audience by the en-
peror.
Anarchists Take Part.
"This person was accompanied by
q party of German officers, some
Turks. and another Indian anarchist
a Moslem. The principal German of
ficer. Lieutenant Won Hentig, was the
bearer Of a letter from the German
chancellor to the Ameer. in which the
latter was invited to advise the pre-
tended Raiah how best India might
be liberated from British tyranny.
"Non Hentig was also charged 10
make important revelations to the
Ameer regarding the relations which
the German government hoped would
in future exist between AfghanistaA,
Germany. Austria-Hungary and Tuf-
key.
"The mission broke up in Persia
and succeeded in making its way in
small parties into Afghanistan in the
late summer. They We're arrested on
arrival and eventuany conveyed 10
Kabul towards the end of the year
There is reason to believe that the
Amer and his people quickly ap-
praised these Germans and the lndl-
an adyenturers by whom they were
accompanied at their true value.
1T is true that the Intervention oil
Turkey under German influence Great
ed a complication, and placed his ma
tcsty, the Amer in an exceedingly
difficult position.
"But at the outbreak Of the war
his majesty gave the viceroy of IN
dia the most solemn assurances of ms
intention to preserve the neutrality OF
his country and it is with great sat
isfaction that / acknowledge on be
half of his majestys government the
loynltE- Of the AmeeT TO his pledged
word-as sacred to trie ---TTe MosIem
as to ourselves.
His majesty has firmly refused the
seductive as they are
unreaIized-hcl out 10 nm 10 IN
duce him To forsake his ally, ana mas
used his influence to prevent ulstuf-
Dances on the frontier.
"Thc Amccr dismissed the nilsson
in May last 1t would not Ga III inc
uublic interest to state what has he
come of the various members; but
some of them have been captured 10y
the Russians and the British AFTER
leaving Afgahnstan.
The estates of the Indian lando"I-
cr have been seQuestrated by the gov
eminent of India. -,
Letters were also addressed by the
German chancellor to a number oil
ruling chief