The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-28

! GWALIOR, India, February 1.-The
| Maharapah Sindhia of Gwalior. one of
! the wealthiest and most powerful of the
1 Indian princes, today told correSpon
! dent of The Associated Press that he
and the other rulers of India were pre-
pared TO pour all their resources into
/ the common war Golfer until Germany
vas crushed The MALARIA iah said that
the world confacration, by furnishing
a common platform upon which all In
dia could work, had done much to en-
! courage cooperation among the Indian
states and also to emphasize the essen
tial unity of aims between them and
the government of India.
Gwalior, whose people he rules, I'M
der the British government. is one Of
the central states Of India, with a popu-
lation Of between 100000 and 5000
600
The Maharajah is a major general in
the British army and gave his personal
services with the British expeditionary
force to China in 1901. During the
present war, affairs Of state have Pre-
Guided his leaving Gwalior, but from
the beginning he has been making
great contributions to the British army.
His troops have been in France. arc
fighting in East Africa and Egypt ana
are helping guard the Indian frontier
from Quota and Bannu.
How much he has donated lie will
not know until the war is over and the
final accounts are in, but he has thus
far expended somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 100000 pounds (Sl5000001
outside the upkeep of he hospital ship
"Loyalty.' To this great contrihu.
ton, he modestlv calls himself onlv 4
subscriber but, rs a matter Of fact,
during the two years and more the ship
has been i'll commission, he has financed
il himself and spent on il neatly 100000
pounds. lie is also expanding 1000
pounds a month for the upkccp Of q
: conyalcscent home for officers and sol
oilers which he established at Nairobi
Africa, at the beginning Of the war.
The Maharajah gives where he thinks
the need is most PRESSING, depending
ron the daily papers ard on his agents
in London for information. Thus if
ne learns that war material OF any sort
is wanted badly he immediately cables
his donation to supply or help to sup
ply the deficiency.
Today's interview took Place in the
palace, and during the conversation
Ills Highness talked freely on many
subjects Regarding Germany he was
most uEcompromising.
II believe that the war viii con
tinue for IS months longer, he said
land | hope, for my part, that it vii
90 on until Germany has been crushed
| am sure that all India feels as | 4,
about this matter; quite the rcvers,
Of the attitude Germany expected from
rs ut the outbreak Of hostiitics
Germany firmly believed that Indi;
would Join the central allies What
led the Teutons into this error can
not say, but they certainly misiudgeC
the situation here badly. There neVeI
was a chance that India would turl
against Great Britain.
= / don t mean to say that there i
mo sedition in India. There is, just a
there is scdition to some degree II
America or Ill any other country bu
those who are plotting against the gov
eminent are negligible in number, ant
they are no more representative of IN
dia as whole than were the New Yorl
bombthrowers three or four years ag
representative of the American public
: But Germany thought, for some rea
: son or other, that we were ready t,
4 sever relations with Great Britain an,
II banked on our support in the struggle
II Long before the war began, German,
Il was busy trying to stir up sedition ii
II India. cannot prove this statcmen
II to YOU at this time but | know it t.
II be true.
II The attempts failed and today Hin
II dustan is standing Loyalty with the res