Egypt.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 66, 20 March 1915, Page 5

Egypt.

STRIFE-RAISING IN PERSIA. THE GERMANS’ SECRET PLANS. United Press Association. London, March 19. The Press Bureau states that documentary evidence has reached the Government proving that German Consular officials intrigued to facilitate the invasion of Persia. M assinuss, Consul at Shiraz, was recently at Cairo and Constantinople in possession of thousands of violently inflammatory pamphlets in English. I rdu, Hindustani, Punjabi, and Sikh, calling on the Indian army to kill their officers. Correspondence of the German Legation with the Consul at Bushire shows that a large consignment of arms and ammunition reached Bushire secretly, and was taken up country by the officers of the gendarmerie for the Persian Sheik Raisolo, who was desirous of attacking Bushire. The ...Legation promised to combine Raisoli’s attack with a German movement already •secretly arranged, which was designed to win over all Persia. REPORTS FROM THE TROOPS. MORE RUMOURS DENIED. Sydney, March 19. Captain Bean cables that the spring season has commenced in Egypt, with fierce, hot winds and clouds of dust. The hardest part of the training is over. The men now get a whole holiday every week, besides a half-day on Sundays. Willingness is the chief virtue of the Australasian troops. British and French officers never fail to remark on this. He mentions the local newspaper reporting that seven soldiers had fallen from the Pyramids and been killed. The twain is that one territorial had a fatal fall, and an Australian injured his spine. The third Australian contingent lias reached men and horses in splendid condition.

Fremantle, March 19

Archdeacon Sam well, Anglican chaplain of the second expeditionary forco in Egypt, has returned. lie declares that the reported breaches of discip-

line have been grossly exaggerated. The conditions have greatly improved, as the men are now fully aware of the consequences of indiscretions. The whole trouble was due to criminal adulteration of liquor by Egyptian cafe proprietors. Archdeacon Samwell brings a message from General Bird wood, stating that he is intensely pleased with the progress and efficiency attained by the Australian and New Zealand troops. The men are eager and willing, and have risen to the occasion. When the Archdeacon loft the men were itching with excitement. (A deletion by the censor follows.)