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The Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
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Irish troops of the Connaught Rangers in Jullunder, India, surrendered arms to their colonel in protest over events in Ireland; officials say no risk of wider mutiny. (Three-fourths of battalion involved.)
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Surrender Their Arms to Colonel on Getting News From Home.
London, July 6.—There is no likelihood of spreading of the mutiny of part of a Connaught regiment at Jullunder, India, which surrendered arms and ammunition to the colonel upon the receipt of news of events in Ireland, in the opinion of officials at the India office today. It was pointed out that the incident had not taken the form of a violent uprising but was merely a protest against conditions in Ireland.
The report of the incident, contained in dispatch from Simla, said three-fourths of the battalion of Connaught rangers had handed up their arms and ammunition to their commander.
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Jullunder, India
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July 6
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no likelihood of spreading; incident not a violent uprising but a protest; three-fourths of the battalion surrendered arms and ammunition
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Part of a Connaught regiment at Jullunder, India, mutinied by surrendering arms and ammunition to their colonel upon receipt of news of events in Ireland. Officials at the India office believe it will not spread. Dispatch from Simla reported three-fourths of the battalion of Connaught Rangers handed up their arms.