New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1917, Page 13

RODS-KEPPEL HAS INDLA IN CONTROL, Olisetting Seditious Plottings of Tenton and Turk Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, India, Feb. 23.—The Br Ish army officers and Tommies in this northwestern secction of British India who often turn their thoughts longingly towards the activities in the Breat theaters of war, solace them- selves with the fact that they are holding ‘“‘the eastern end of the front,” anyway. Under the direc- tion of Sir George Roos-Keppel, chief commissioner for the North West Frontier Province, they are keeping open the Peiwar Kotal and ~Khyber Passes, the gateways into Afghanistan, and are preventing the tribesmen of the intervening territory from carry- ing into British India a warfare which might have a strong bearing ! on the situation as a whole. When the war broke out there was considerable uneasiness among Brit- ish officials regarding the thousands of independent tribesmen, who are ever ready to make trouble, and who, if they should succeed in burying their tribal feuds and unite would present a serious menace, - Numbers of German and Turkish/ emissaries had made their way into this inde- pendent region and had been busy trying to stir up the mountaineers tc war, playing on the religious fanat- fcism of the latter. To a certain ex- tent they were successful, for they created more or less unrest and aroused hopes of conquest which held dangerous, potentialities. Sir George Human Buffer. At this critical juncture Sir George Ross-Keppel, who was then on pro- tracted leave of absence in England, returned to take charge of his prov- ince, which forms the buffer between the tribesmen and the rest of Brit- ish India. As the result of the meas- ures which he instituted the situa- tion js said to have been got thor- oughly in hand, and while the habitu- al fighting still continues there is no longer any fear of serious trouble. The handling of the tribesmen is largely a matter of personal influence and Sir George is credited in official circles with being extraordinarily suc- cessful. One thing that undoubtedly has contributed to his success is the fact that he is a typical leader of men; tall, broad shouldered, keen eyed, quick of mind:and with a par- ticularly strong personality—th esman respects. The commissioner deals wtih the as man to man, emploving their own open-handed form of diplomacy. He has established a reputation among the ‘tribes of never trying to bluff, a fact which is said to have bridged many a difficulty. The Afridi, the most warlike and powerful of the tribesmen, have been remaining strictly neutral ever since the arrival of the chief commissioner, although they were restless when he NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, | left England. Here the personal in-, { fluence of Sir George came into play, for he had worked among the Afridi for nine years and is known and re- spected by the people. The fact that the Afridi are friendly is most im-, portant, as it prevents the tribes on either side of them from joining hands against the British, ! The Mohmands, whose territory lies near Peshawar, have been giying con- | siderable trouble, as have al the | Maheuda, far to the southw but | it is not depredations by individual tribes that is feared, as only a con- certed action by all of them would | give cause for particular worry. The | Mohmands, who have been commit- ting outrages in British territory and waging petty warfare from time to time, already are payving for their hos- tility. Not only have they heen barred from entering the province to carry on trade by which they have been wont to secure the necessities of | life, but virtually all the Mohmands in the British domains have either been driven back into their own coun- {try or interned. The Mahsuds have been particular- Iy active and have devastated a large tract of the province along thelr bor- der. For the present they are being merely held in check, but Sir George Roos-Keppel told a correspondent of The Associated Press that after the war a punitive expedition would - be | sent into their territory and that heavy reprisals would be exacted. | RECORD LAWSUIT LASTED 144 DAYS One Witness and Two Others Inter- ested Died Before $2,500,000 Case Was Settled. London, Feb. 23.—The longest and one of the most unique lawsuits ever heard in the English courts has just béen decided. It involved the owner- shop of $2.500,000 in gold which the Amalgamated Properties of Rhodesia, Ltd, owners of a million acres in Rhodesia claimed that the Globe and Phoenix Gold Mining Company, which owns the ricHest gold mine in the world, had taken from the Rhodesia property. As if to be con- stent the court ogcupied two hours in delivering judgement. The case lasted 144 days and cost $750,000. One witness was on the stand sixteen days, and another who was on the stand almost as long died. | Two other men who were interested in the case died before it was concluded. More than 50,000 questions were put to witnesses and answered. In the final summings up counsel for the de- fendants spoke for 45 days. Chief counsel for the defense received a fee of $5,000 and his “refresher” or daily charge was $500. The docoments in the case were so voluminous that two large rooms crowded with maps, assays and re- ports. The proceedings were enlivened by stirring scemes between opposing counsel and apologies were ordered by the court In deciding the case, Justice Eve’ | dismissed the action on the ground that the Amalgamated Properties had failed to prove that the gold was ex tracted from its mine which ac i joined that of the Globe and Pheonix. ENGLISH SUBMARINE KILLS 6,200 TURKS i-14 Attacks and Sinks 'Transport Carrying Soldiers Across Sea of Marmora. London, Feb. 23.—The heaviest loss of life at sea in a single naval casualty sinee the war occurred was that in the sea of Marmora on May 10, 1915, when the Turk transport Gul Jamal was torpedoed by the British submarine E-14 and sunk, with tho i loss of 6,200 lives | sinking were given in the prize court. ! The Gul Gamal was formerly the | Britisk ship Ottawa, and before that, ! the Germania. 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