Lord Cromer contributes an instructive letter on " German Methods
in the East" to Tuesday's Times, a propos of the report that Turkish troops have mutinied in Constantinople against the tyranny of their German officers. Lord Cromer's own experiences in Egypt incline him to regard the report as at least credible. The Germans, it appears, some years ago obtained permission to enlist Sudanese in Egypt for service in their East African possessions. A few years afterwards, when the British East African Company made a similar request, it was discovered that there would be no difficulty in obtaining recruits on the understanding that the troops would be under British officers, but that not a single man would on any account enter the service of Germany. They had been well paid and fed, but complained bitterly of the harshness of the German discipline and the brutal treatment they had received at the hands of the German officers and non- commissioned officers.
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