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Evening Star, Issue 17324, 12 April 1920, Page 6

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Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ; ARABS DOWN ITALIAN AIRMEN. DELHI, April 10. ! The Italian aviators, interviewed on '■ their arrival at Bagdad, said that two ! other machines started with them, but ! were- shot down by the machine-gun fire of Arabs outside Aleppo. In each case ! the aeroplane was kept by the Arabs and the aviators were allowed to return via Constantinople. One of the aviators shot I down was an Italian "ace/' who had ■ gone all through the war -without injury 1 to himself or nis machine. I AFGHAN PROBLEM. | DELHI April 10. ! Representatives of the Afghan Govern- | ment are on their way to. India with the j object of discussing questions v/th the ' British authorities at a conference- at, Bawal Pindi. They were made to under- i stand perfectly clearly that the Afghan j Amir must show good faith by his actions i before the old friendly relations oan be re- j sumed. The situation in Afghanistan nns been obscure for some time. It is unquetsion-' able that Afghan intrigues played an im- ! portant part in the recent frontier fight- ! «»g; I The Bolshevik Mission is still being j entertained at Kabul (capital of Afghani- i stau). It is difficult to see how any par- j rnanont arrangements can be entered into j with representatives of Afghanistan. From the military point of view, little is I te be feared from the Bolshevik threats I against India. Afghanistan, however, has I an extremely vulnerable frontier, and she ' could not. muster sufficient forces to oppose ' a Bolshevik advance. Britain's undertak- \ ing to protect Afghanistan against foreign ! aggression has lapsed, but" India could ' hardly viow a Bolshevik success with j equanimity. ENOUGH OF RUSSIA. , VIENNA, April 10. I Weak and emaciated Austrian war prisoners numbering 204 have arrived from Russia. During their terrible journev of throe months 60 of their comrades "lost their lives; some' starved, and the rest were massacred or hunted down like a pack cf famished dogs. BRITISH TAXATION."' 'The Times.' LONDON, April 11. 'The TimesrV parliamentary lobbyist states that the coming Budget will "increase the wine duties and motor taxes, and will recast the Income Tax. adding relief to married people. It will also solve the problem of taxation of excess profits. LLOYD GEORGE'S BLUNDER. Imperial News Service. LONDON, April 10. The ' Sunday Times' savs that, after a hurried meeting of the British Cabinet, a new Note has been despatched to France, !ess_ harsh in tone than the .first protest asrainst the French advance bevond the Rhine. AMERICA AND MILITARISM. Eeuter's TelegTams. WASHINGTON, April 10. The Senate, by an overwhelming vote, adopted voluntary instead of compulsory military training, which latter the Army Reorganisation Bill proposed.