Peking, Nov. 29.
The following official telegram from the Foreign Office has been handed to Reuter's Agency by the British Legation London, Nov. 27.
Abdul Sultan has spontaneously issued a manifesto to all the Arab chiefs of the Aden Hinterland saying that, after 70 years friendship with Great Britain, he calls on all to maintain their allegiance and render every assistance in their power to Great Britain, who haa undertaken the war to protect a small State from aggression.
Ho concludes with an appeal for funds for the Red Cross,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.