KING AMANULLAH.
ABDICATION REPORTED. IN FAVOUR OF HIS BROTHER. DEPARTURE FROM KABUL. (Australian Press Association.) (Received January 15, 10.15 a.m.) - DELHI, Jan. 14. A Peshawar message states it is strongly rumoured on the frontier that King Amanullah has abdieted in favour of his elder brother, Prince Inayatullah, and has proceeded by aeroplane to Kandahar. ABDICATION CONFIRMED. NEWS IN LONDON. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.)' (Australian Press Association.) (Received January 15, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 14. King Amanullah’s abdication in favour of his brother is authoritatively confirmed In London. MULLAHS IN CONTROL. KING’S ABJECT SURRENDER. PRIESTS’ ADVICE TO BE LAW. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.)' (Australian Press Association.) (Received January 15, 10.55 a.m.) DELHI, January 14. Official news from Kabul confirms the report that King Amanullah has agreed to the withdrawal of his reform programme. The demands of the Shlnwarls, to which the King has unconditionally agreed, mean that the Government will now be under religious control. Some of the demands are:— Priests of the Mullah class are to have supreme authority. The King is to observe all the practices and customs of the Mohammedan religion. Women, including the Queen, to adopt Afghan costume. Schoolboys to be permitted to marry. The people are to be allowed to show- respect for Holymen, by kissing their feet, and the latter’s advice is to be carried out as law, ; Jf
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17610, 15 January 1929, Page 7
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