THE FRONTIER TROUBLE.
ANTI-ENGLISH FEELING.
AMEER .FAVORS ANOLQ-ItUS-SIA'N AGREEMENT.
United Press Association— Copyright .CALCUTTA, May 7. Some of tho contingents who attacked Khaibar came (from Tezin, 3-5 miles from Kabul. General WjUcocks returns to Peshawar to-day. . . „„ The forces are retiring on Alemasjid Peshawar. Two mountain -guns remain at Landikotal. A battel,y o artillery is returning to Peshawar. It is understood at Simla that 'the British are evacuating Khaibar unclei orders from (England. The decision is much discussed at (Simla. As early as March the; Afghan authorities on .the frontier informed the Ameer they bad .inadequate forces, also that the Afghans were joining the Mohmands. Five hundred out or 1500 militia deserted with their arms and ammunition. ‘ (Received May 8, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, May i . Miss Winter, the Ameer’s lady doctor, interviewed in London, explains that Habibullali Khan is distinctly friendly to the English but is unable to strongly repress tribesmen displaying anti-English proclivities, owing to plots against his brother, Sir dab Nas Mullah. Miss Winter is confident that the Ameer absolutely favors an Anglb-ißussiah agreement, but has not signed it owing to outsido pressure.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2186, 9 May 1908, Page 3
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