usitania made a profound impression,
as the native press proves.

A notable trial, the Lahore conspiracy case, disclosed the curious
fact that almost the only case of "unrest" in India was "made in
America" by returned emigrants from Canada and California, who, on
their way back, were interviewed by the German Consuls at Chinese
ports and advised to stir up an insurrection. This they tried to do,
using bombs made of brass inkpots, and bombarding the houses of
well-to-do natives, seeking in this way to raise money to finance the
rising.

The Pioneer Mail (Allahabad) gives an interesting account of the trial
of these peculiar patriots, half of whom seem to have informed on the
other half. It appears that they, or others like them, were
instrumental in causing the recent riot at Singapore, in which some
twenty European men and women were killed.

VII. GERMAN ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC.

A curious result of the world war has been the expeditions initiated
by the great oversea dominions of Britain and by India. The work of
two of these, in Africa and Mesopotamia, has been already described.
There remain the joint Australian and New Zealand expeditions against
the island colonies of Germany and the great semi-continental area of
New Guinea.

A lively account of the expedition against the Samoa Islands is
printed in The Sydney Bulletin for Sept. 24:

The recent expedition to Samoa furnished many surprises,
chief among which was the adaptability of the Maorilanders
to military discipline. When the men came on board the
transports (Moeraki and Monowai) discipline simply wasn't in
their dictionaries. They acknowledged orders with a "Right
O, Sport," or with an argument. Companies were referred to
as mobs, the commanding officer as the boss or the
admiral....

The night before we reached Samoa an English military
officer on board told me it was remarkable, and highly
creditable, the rapidity with which the men had adapted
themselves to the changed circumstances....

The expedition called at Noumea to pick up the French
warship Montcalm, also the Australia and Melbourne of ours.
Noumea had been very worried since the war began, lest the
German fleet from Samoa would come along and bombard the
place. Had notices up to the effect that five shots would
signify the arrival of the Germans, and that every
inhabitant was then to grab