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Show EARL KITCHENER MAY BE ON WAY TO THE FAR EAST By International News Service. WASMIXGTOX. Xnv. !. Wording to confid-nt'al i nforniatlnn thai is understood under-stood to have readu-d Washington through me agency of one of the cm-;ja cm-;ja suit's, lite ult imate mission of Lord Kitchener, who ha left Kneland for the far ea.st. ;s to dal with an admitted state of vm-fT in India. It is faid that Hrii-ish Hrii-ish rule t here i. seriously threatened. Tiie information received lie re is that Xawab. yuban of tl Mulk. the Nizam of Myderahid, one of l lie most influen-1 influen-1 1; 1 nnnces and a fitanch supporter of " Itiilish, lias been deposed by his pro-1 pro-1 . This ma v bring about the cru.-inl ! : of i he influence of the British over , ' r - .Mohammedans under the British flag. Wii"t! Turkey entered the conflict and pro'-laimed a iioly war against the entente powers tlie Niza m of Hyde rabid, head of the largest Mohammedan state in India, issued a manifesto to his people, declaring declar-ing it to he the duty of all Mohammedans 1 in India tn adhere to their British alle- i fiance. This is the prince who donated $2.ri00,0"0 to meet the expenses of the First Hyderabid lancers and the Twentieth Twen-tieth Descan horse, who were sent for service in Europe. His overthrow, if true, may "be a development fraught with peril to British rule in India. Earl Kitchener may stop for a short time in the Rnlkans to superintend the reorganization of the allies into a cohesive fighiing mass. It is said he will then go on to niila and Kgypt. where the British Brit-ish pateway to India now is menaced by the Ten Ionic-Bulgarian -Turkish forces in the Balkans. Disconcerting reports on the state of affairs in lCgypt are said to have worried the British government. Karl Kitchener will personally survey the situation situ-ation , ohta in t he facts and prepa re to meet defection a nd mutiny If it threatens. |