THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.
The days when the North-West frontier of India- was strongly guarded against a , possible attack from Russia have long gone by. But it is still necessary to maintain large British forces within easy reach of the border-line to keep the peace and to protect the British flag. For the country beyond the frontier is inhabited by wild hill tribes who, though nominally owing allegiance to the King of Afghanistan, pay little respect to his authority unless and until he enforces it. The Ghilzai, the Af ridi, the Pathans and many other mountaineers live mostly by plunder, and there are few parts of the world left where life is so cheap. These semi-civilised warriors are naturally conservative, and bitterly resentful of any official interference with their traditional right to rob and kill. King Amanullah has met with much opposition throughout his dominions to the reformiwhicb he has brought home with him from the, West. But his hardest task wjU be; toj; Itopose obedience upon the jtgibes «*£ thet, Dorderlajjd who live by the sword, and ratherdie fighting than settle down to a life of idle and inglorious peace). _ -L".—— ' .-.- :
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 276, 21 November 1928, Page 6
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190THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 276, 21 November 1928, Page 6
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