SOMALI LOYALTY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 307, 28 December 1914, Page 4

SOMALI LOYALTY.

With the exception of the offer of assistance from the Dalai Lama of Tihet, there has been nothing of the kind so interesting as the eagerness of the Somali chiefs in Jubaland to be allowed to fight for Britain. The Christchurch Press reminds ns that not so very long ago these very troops were in arms against Britain, but "as the monsoon wind drives the sand-hills of our coast into new forms, so does this news of German evil-doing drive our hearts and spears into the service of the English Government." The peti-, tion of the chiefs goes on to say:—| "A few days ago many troops of the military left this country to eat up the Germans who have invaded our country in Africa May God prosper

them. Yet, oh Hakim, with all humblesness we desire to beg of the Government to allow our sons and warriors to take part in this great war against the German evil-doers. They are ready. They are eager. Grant them the boon. God and Mohammed is with us all." We may be sure that the holy war proclamation has fallen as flat in Jubaland as in India.