MILITARY EXPERTS OPINION.
HOW THE FORTS HAVE BEES HELD,
Sydney, September 6,
3olonel Kelly, who took part in the the Ohitral Campaign, and who is at present on furlough at Sydney, referring to the present difficulties in India, says that the Mollahs are powerful factors in the dispute, but it is exaggeration to speak of the dispute as a " holy war." Such an expression is altogether too comprehensive for what is now- taking place. The crux of the situation is with the Ameer. If he is playing fast and loose, then there will be a big trouble, but if he is friendly, there will not. Hitherto the; task of holding the forts has been practically left to the allies and levies subsidised by England, but in future the latter will have, to occupy some of these frontier posts herself, and make her influence felt inland.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8757, 6 September 1897, Page 2
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