AFGHANISTAN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 August 1924, Page 5

AFGHANISTAN

ANOTHER OUTBREAK. ALARMING SITUATION. ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIUHT LONDON, Aug. 21. The Daily Express says that, it is admitted in British circles that there is a serious situation in Afghanistan. The revolution in June, which it was supposed had been suppressed, has again broken out violent* < r it is officially stated that Abdulkarim (the pretender to tne throne;, who managed ro cross the frontier recently, when hard pressed, returned to Afghanistan and renewed activities after a period of hiding .11 India. The rising, it is believed, is directed against the Amir. Anianullnlikhan, whose reforms are resented. The Riga correspondent of the Times says that, believing that British Labourite extremists forced the Premier (Mr Ramsay MacDonald) into signing tile Russian agreement, the Soviet has now summoned them to thwart the British Oriental policy. The correspondent adds that Moscow initiated a violent anti-British campaign, alleging that on the day following Mr MacDonald’s signature, the British Colonial diplomacy ' without warning exploded a mine in Afghanistan. • r dDfi‘icial organs allege that British agents are working there against Russian interests. The newspaper Isvertia declares that Russia promises support for all Eastern peoples who strive for complete independence, culminating in the Soviet Republic’s eastern countries including India.