AFGHAN ROYALTIES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 May 1928, Page 5

AFGHAN ROYALTIES.

VISIT TO RUSSIA. SOVIET PROPAGANDA AGAINST BRITAIN. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION-BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) NEGORELOVE (Russia), May 3 The first Royalties to set foot on Soviet soil since the execution of the Tsar in 1918, the King and Queen of Afghanistan, have arrived from Poland. The station was gaily decorated and illuminated. The visitors hoarded the luxurious train used by the Tsar and departed for Moscow, where they are due at 11 o’clock in the morning. MOSCOW, May 3.

An exhibition entitled “The Struggle of Afghanistan for Independence” will open here as soon as King Amanullah and his queen arrive. It will reveal how Britain succeeded in her Imperialist seizure of a portion of Afghan territory*. It will also give a vivid picture of British military preparations on the Afghan ■ frontier. Charts will be shown dealing _ with wars between Britain and Afghanistan. The general effect will be to reveal Britain in an unfavourable light. The Press, commenting on the Royal visit, takes similar propagandist lines. A Soviet film company has planned a picture dealing with the “Afghan Wars of Independence.”'