27 FEBRUARY 1915, Page 3

We regret to record an unfortunate affair at Singapore, where

a portion of the 5th Light Infantry—recruited chiefly from Mohammedans of the Eastern Punjab—mutinied and caused a serious riot. Thirty-five persons, including civilians, were killed. French and Japanese Marines helped to quell the disturbance. There seems to have been no political motive for the mutiny, of which the causes were regimental and local. The Colonial Office does not say when the mutiny occurred. We judge from the rumours which have lately circulated in England that it took place several days ago, and or it seems to have been completely suppressed we do not understand why the Colonial Office should not have issued their statement and allayed anxiety a little sooner.