KING AMANULLAH.
NO TRUCK WITH THE REDS
WESTERN CULTURE APPR*- A OF. . $ $ (Australian Press Ass;o A LONDf <> The Exchange Telegr Riga correspondent repF & officials are experienein, '& difficulty in military and . ,-iCai discussions with King Am. #:Jak of Afghanistan. * “ M. Tchitcheriu. Commissar of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by M. Voroshiloff'and other Commissars, outlined a draft Russo-Afghan military alliance, which King Amanullah firmly rejected. At a banquet .tendered to the visiting monaeii, M. Kalinin, the former factory hand —Madame Kalinin is being regarded as the first lady of the land for eight days—emphasised that the Russians and Afghans were both Asiatics. • King Amanuallali, replying lengthily, referred to his visit to Western Europe and eulogised Western culture, which he waS determined should inspire reforms in Afghanistan. King Amanullah’s unmistakable refusal to participate in an anti-British movement has caused the t>oviet for the present to abandon the ceremony of presenting to the Red Army fortyfive aeroplanes—the result of the “Our answer to Chamberlain” fund —which was intended to develop anti-British sentiment. WREATH ON LENIN'S TOMB. (Australian Press Association). MOSCOW, May 4. King Amanullah placed a wreath on Lenin’s tomb.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 134, 7 May 1928, Page 7
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