STUPID LIES OF GERMAN WIRELESS BUREAU

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 69, 21 March 1916, Page 5

STUPID LIES OF GERMAN WIRELESS BUREAU

WHOLLY UNTRUE STORY OF INDIAN MUTINY.

VILE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS. ALLEGATIONS WHICH CARRY THEIR OWN REFUTATION. from the Xew Zealand Official War Correspondent, Mr Malcolm Koss.) For some time past amazing statements regarding the position in Egypt have been circulated by German wireless apparently with the object of influencing neutrals and Mahommedans. The allegations are so ludicrous that they carry their own refutation, and create-only amusement where the actual facts are known. One report states:—'"Serious trouble is spreading amongst the Indian troops. Jlany have been sentenced to severe floggings and others executed for the slightest offence, while the Australian troops are ruthlessly shooting down their Indian servants. One Australian, Captain Brown, shot both his Indian servants, who had been guilty of clumsiness. Two Indians who observed the event killed Captain Brown with their bayonets. The whole Indian regiment rose against its officers, the greater part of whom escaped by flight. Twelve were killed, including the commander and the major! For two hours a sharp battle raged between an Australian regiment and the mutineers, of whom a large number fled into the desert while others were killed and wounded." Having been in Egypt for nearly three months, I am able to assert that the utmost tranquillity prevails except in regard to the German-engineered western Arab campaign, which has practically ended, with disastrous results to the latter and the Turco-German expedition upon the Canal, which has proved a costly failure. Far from being discontented thousands of Egyptians are engaged in supplying our Army, and thousands of others are daily working cheerily in conjunction with the English, Australian and New Zealand troops upon defensive works against the Tiirco-Gcrman menace. The loyalty of the Indian troops here, as on Gallipoli, is amply proved by their actions in the field and their faithful watch during the wearisome period of inactivity on the Canal.