AFRIDI TRIBESMEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20594, 19 June 1930, Page 11

AFRIDI TRIBESMEN.

ACTIVITIES COUNTERED.

INDIAN SITUATION REVIEWED.

British. Wireless. EUGBY, Jure 17. The Government, of India to-day issued the following review of the situation in India for the week ended June 7:— The Afridi situation overshadowed everything else during the week- At one time events threatened to assume a very serious, complexion. A iashkar led hy Said Badshah, and other prominent Mullahs, was known to have formed about three weeks ago near the western end of the Khajuri Plain. Subsequently further concentrations with standards collected at Upper Bara and began to move slowly toward the border of the Peshawar district.

By June 4 the lashkar had reached a point about 15 miles west of Bara Fort. Its reported intention was to bold Jirga with the Khalil and Monmand tribes of the district with a view to offering combined resistance to alleged Government oppression On the night of June 4 the lashkar entered the Peshawar district and numerous isolated gangs, seme cf them numbering several hundreds, penetrated Khali! and Mohrnand villages up to the cantonment boundary. The Khaliis and Mchmands were incited to revolt and attack the cantonment, but refused to go so.

A large part of tie lashkar thereupon retired westward toward the hills. Numerous gangs, however, remained scattered through the Khaiil and Mohmand country.

In the gardens south of Peshawar city trees were felled and culverts were destroyed cn the Peshawar-Bara read. On tbe morning of June 5 parties retiring across the Khajuri Plain were bombed from the air and the Royal Air Force is reported to have inflicted heavy casual-

ties. Simultaneously a mobile column marched out from Peshawar to clear the country between Bara and the Kohat road. The drive was entirely successful and the troons are reported to have indicted severe casualties. They operated in very difficult terrain. Details cf the losses suffered Ly the Government forces are not yet available, but a few casualties —as was inevitable in operations of this sort—are reported to have occurred. A careful search con* ducted on June 6 failed to lead to the discovery of any Afridi stragglers in British territory and the entire l&shkar appears to have withdrawn from the district.

TEGUBLE AT BO3IBAY.

MENACING -STREET MOB.

FIFTY-ONE .ARRESTS MADE.

BOMBAY. Jure 17. The police to-day arrested 51 Congress volunteers who were picketing European stores in the big shopping quarter of Bombay. The streets were ailed with menacing crowds demonstrating in sympathy with the arrested men. Troops kept order.