AFGHAN REVOLT

Evening Star, Issue 20055, 21 December 1928, Page 7

AFGHAN REVOLT

ALL WELL AT BRITISH LEGATION MESSAGE SEEN BY PLANE (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—-By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, December 20. (Received December 21, at 1.30 a.m.) A message displayed on a white stripe set out on the lawn ot the British Legation at Rabid stating, ‘‘Fly high, do not land. All well,” was road by a Royal Air Force aeroplane which Hew over the legation. The warning not to land was probably dictated by the fact that the rebels in the neighbourhood wore mostly people who had been recently bombed by Alghan pianos, and being unlikely to differentiate between one machine and another, would bo liable to open fire on anv machine within range. Earlier information by telegraph from the legation stated that; the insurgents had notified the British Minister that they had no desire whatever to interfere with the legation. Sir F. 11. Humphvys talked with them at the legation gates, and warned them to respect nlfthe legations, their foreign occupants being the guests of Afghanistan. The British ladies in Kabul are Lady Humphry’s, Mrs Gould anti two children, Mrs Stranger and one child, and Miss Pul ford. REBEL FORCES NEARING KABUL. DELHI, December 20. •(Received December 21, at 11.5 a.m.) Nows from Kabul by ,pl;uic states that strong rebel forces from the north are nearing the eity, but there are no disturbances in tho capital itself. The rebels have established themselves between Jalalabad and Kabul in a. strong position, which lias prevented reinforcements reaching Kabul. Aimed bandits, led by the notorious brigand, Baehasakao, caused disturbances near the capital. The Jalalabad region is unsafe owing to bands of marauding tribesmen. Afghan relief forces arc proceeding to Kabul.—Australian P.A.