WAR LOOMS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17409, 6 November 1930, Page 11

WAR LOOMS

NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AFRIDIS STUBBORN CALCUTTA, October 20. Another honest effort at peace between the British and the Afridis has come to naught, and Peshawar, the key city to the north-western frontier, is again in danger. The Government lias been loft with no alternative but to proceed with a strong oeeiisive against; the Afridis to end the menace for all time. Military experts deemed it expedient. after the recent serious raid on the frontier, to carry out a. big military expedition to end the Afridj. menace, but the Government demurred about the expense, and. asked tho Afridi leaders to meet the British representatives, in au effort to come to a settlement. This conference ended to-day with the Afridis stubborn, leaving tho Government no alternative but to proceed with the offensive. The Afridis refused to give security against further attack on Peshawar,

Simultaneously congress agitators are reported to be fomenting serious t rouble and there is talk of au immediate massed raid on Peshawar. Congress Khilai'atists, evidently interpreting the Government peace efforts as weakness, are collecting men on lxhajitri. Plain. Over 1000 lvhilafatists have collected near ’JL’audaehina, and {mother party of fanatical Mullahs is moving towards Kliajuri Plain, j

It is rumored 1 hat; British troops arc being sniped near Chukkai Pass, but details are lacking.