THE TROUBLE IN INDIA.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume V, Issue 539, 3 September 1897, Page 2

THE TROUBLE IN INDIA.

The Tribesmen Assembling

at Muskker.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Per Pres* Association.

Calcutta, August 81

Many tribesmen are gathering around Muhkcr, on the Bolan Quetta railway.

The British p,lit,cal agent at Khelat, Belucbistan, is investigating the alleged intriguing against the British authority, in connection with which three principal chiefs have been arrested.

A Severe Lesson Awaiting the Orakzais.

Lon nos, September 1

The Times' Simla correspondent says that the Sixth Bengal Cavalry and a battalion of Glioorkas and Punjab infantry inarched through the Kohat Pass from the Peshawar side on Tuesday.

The force will assume the offensive against the Orakzais. whose object is to isolate Fort Gullistan. Brigadier-General A. G. Yeatinau Biggs has gone to Fort Hangu to direct operations. Reinforcements will arrive forthwith. It is considered likely the Orakzais will receive a severe lesson. The Bengal Lancers will occupy a stronglyentrenched position at Fort Ban. Two important chiefs have fled to Afghanistan, and large bodies of the villagers are crossing the border.

Rebels Surrendering Arms.

Received September 2, at 5.30 p.m.

Calcutta, September 1. Latest reports from the frontier states that tue Swstis are surrendering tht-tr arms. Rebellious tribesmen murdered and robbed the native levies, holding Gazarbundost, a British post in the Beluchiston. A cavalry force is pursuing the murderers.

The Cause of the Delay.

Received 10.55 p.m.

Calcctta, September 1. Simla reports are to the effic: that the delay m dispatching troops from India to suppress the Afridis is owing to Lord George Hamilton's authority not having been reoeived.