INDIAN FRONTIER PROBLEM.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13903, 3 November 1919, Page 2

INDIAN FRONTIER PROBLEM.

A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. I_By Electkic tf.lv-gi'.m-ii—CorrnicuT.] (Per Press Association.) (Au3. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received November 2, at "j."j p.m. LONDON. October -".I. Advices from the north-west fron--tiers show that the .Afjrlisuis are obsorvinir the pence conditions, and are -.vithdraw-utu' frornAnir frontier. Oiiriuir the recent trouble the British posts were withdrawn from Waziristan. and this led to sm out burst of lawlessness, especiallv in the southern area, which the Indian (!overnment is ttikiiij. steps to repress. ALEAHAIJAD. October L'f. Reports from the. headquarters of I lie WaziristH.i! punitive force stale that the. troops are concentrated at various points on the, frontier, par,tieul;:l!v at Bannu. Tana and Dardeiii. This will In- the firs) opportunitv for the Air I'orcp to act iudopendentIv >in India. The latest types of machines have been received from Britain, includin<r some- that were orip-inalU- intended to bomb Berlin. The air raids at present are onlv in the nature of reprisals, and the tribesmen will be -riven an oppor- » unit v !o make submission. Already the Waxiris have been hurriedly Cuttin-.' their crops, in preparation- for our advance. '-' It is understood tire Wazjris are receiving Afsrhsin help and connivance. Affairs in the Afghan capital are unsettled, and attempt' 4 on - the'' Amir's life ha v.* been made. '