AFGHAN REBELS NOW PUSHED BACK
SITUATION IN SOUTH IMPROVES. CAUSES OF THE UPHEAVAL. DELHI, December 25. The situation in the s'outh has improved, but' frontier tribesmen are watching Kabul events. It is unknown how they will turn. It is admitted there have been desertions from the array, bull the majority are now rallying to the throne.
The British Legation fot three days was a nc man’s land between the rebels and the State forces. The military attache’s house was destroyed by shellfire, but the rebels have now been pushed back. , The revolution is believed, to be due to King Amanullah’.s defiance of the Mullahs and his impetuous introduction of reforms in connection with the education of women, the poorly ■paid army, expensive buildings in the new capital and high officials receiving small salaries.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 8, 27 December 1928, Page 3
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