THE AFGHAN DANGER.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 113, 12 May 1908, Page 5

THE AFGHAN DANGER.

CONFLICT ON PERSIAN SEABOARD. BRITISH RESERVATION THREATENED. MARINE FORCE LANDED. DHOW GUN BUNNER CAPTURED ffiy Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 8.15 a-m.) LONDON, May 11. The British cruiser Proserpine, while cruising in the Persian Gulf, in the middle of April, captured an Afghan dhow containing 1650 rifles and a million cartridges. Most of the -weapons were of French manufacture. Owing to Afghan threats to destroy the English reservation at Jask, a Persian seaport on the shore of the Arabian Sea, and one of the nearest ports to the Afghan border, the cruiser Hyacinth landed a party of marines and trained her guns on the town. While the Proserpine was trying to intercept two suspicious looking coasters, cutters and pinnaces being used for the purpose, a party of concealed Afghans opened fire on the boats, killing the coxswain of one and seriously wounding another. The marines are still protecting the British community at Jask. AMEER'S DISAVOWAL. AFGHANS NOT TO FIGHT. LONDON, May 11. Renter's Simla correspondent states that the Ameer has assured the Indian j Government that he has issued stringent i orders recalling the Afghans who crossed i the frontier, and directed his officials to prevent Afghans from giving assistance to tribesmen against the British.