AFGHAN DISPUTES

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1929, Page 5

AFGHAN DISPUTES

IN LONDON LEGATION. t, United Press Association.—By Electrit Telfegrapn.—Copyright.) (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.) BERLIN, October 17. Shujaed Dowleli, ex-Afghan Minister to Britain, declares that during his absence from London, Yumush Shan, whom he appointed as Legation interpreter, telegraphed regularly to Bachaisaquao, this, being an act of treachery. Shujah on returning ,to London possessed himself of a number of telegrams that Yunus had exchanged with Kabul and one (from Kabul which asked the Foreign Office to help Yunus to protect Afghan property, including Lapis Lazuli. He advised the Foreign Office that an Afghan mission was going from Kabul to Western Europe.; Shujah asserts the British Government turned him out without allowing him to clarify the situation. Yunus to-day replies that he had not communicated with Kabul while Amanullah was in Afghanistan.

“When he left I had to reply to telegrams from Kabul Foreign Office, but did not accept Bachaisaquao, as King. “Kabul asked me to prevent Shujah from touching Legation property. I warned Kabul and London Foreign Offices that be was trying to sell the Legation premises and furniture, and disappear from the country. I was desirous of protecting Afghanistan’s interests and instituted proceedings against Shirnh. <‘A majority of the telegrams he quotes are false. I indignantly re fused to help him sell the Legation property, thereby incensing him. He could not, in the face of documentary evidence, reply to my charges I was an official member of the legation before he was appointed Minister.”