INDIA'S LOYALTY.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 88, 12 May 1916, Page 6

INDIA'S LOYALTY.

NEW YORK, May 7. Mr Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, in the course of a statement to a representative of the American Press, said that the Germans had made every endeavour to create trouble in India. But out of a population of 020 millions there were only found a few malcontents. The complete failure of the fantastic conspiracy of February, 1915, was evidence of the stability of British rule. The Viceroy (Lord Chelmsford) reports that the situation could hardly be more favourable. Twenty-one regiments of Indian cavalry and 86 battalions of infantry are fighting abroad. A VANISHED HOPE. LONDON, May 8. In the House of Commons Mr Tenuant (Under-'Secretarv for War), in reply to a question, said that Germany was no longer differentiating in favour of Irish prisoners of war. APPEALS FOR ECONOMY. LONDON, May 8. The Board of Trade returns show that the appeals for economy have fallen upon deaf cars. The average increase in food prices since the outbreak of war is 40 per cent., ami it is steadily rising. The purchasing power of the sovereign now equals lis 2<l. THE COAL OUTPUT. AN INCREASE DESIRED. LONDON, 'May 8. The Government has requested the miners to confer on the 16th inst. how to increase the coal output in view of the Allies' demands. The output has decreased to 29,000,000 tons during the .17 months of the war, owing to enlistments. This amount could be increased if the eight hours' shift were annulled.