INDIAN MAGIC
Observers and Victims Puzzled
Two stories told by a "Sunday Express” reporter, of two of the thousands of people who landed in Britain from abroad last month. When the P. and O. liner- Strathaird arrived at Plymouth' recently, passengers were discussing the magic of Subudar Khan. The Subudar, a non-commissioned officer in an Indian regiment, has come from Rajputana for a special military course in this country. A commanding figure, with a grey, square-cut beard, the Subudar was the main attraction of the voyage. He was persuaded to demonstrate his powers. The Subudar drew a chalk circle on the deck and a passenger stepped inside it. He was told that he would be unable to move until freed by the Subudar’s command. Astonished watchers saw the passenger vainly try to lift his feet and sway about at extraordinary angles. Afterward the passenger said he had never stood in the circle. Who was right? A steward stood back-to-back with the Subudar. He was next seen at the other end of the lounge. Yet the steward said he never moved.
The Subudar left the liner without giving any secrets away. He is equivalent in rank to a British ser-geant-majon
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 255, 24 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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199INDIAN MAGIC Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 255, 24 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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