INDIAN FRONTIER TROUBLE
; > » LONDON, March 3. King Edward congratulated Majorgeneral Willcocks on conducting the expedition with so much skill. The King said he considered the bravery and good conduct of the troops beyond all praise. CALCUTTA, March 3. The whole of the Afridi tribe have become responsible for the futm^e good behaviour of the Zakka Khels. They promise to punish the bad characters, and a2>peal to the British not to complete the ruin of the Zakkas for the sirs of a badlybehaved minority. The Zakka Khels state that the swiftness of the British movements bewildered them, and the new 10-pounder mountain gun, firing smokeless powder, demoralised them. Ths Afridis 6tate that they are sick of fighting, even among themselves. There is some hope of arranging a scheme for terminating intertribal quarrels,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 27
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131INDIAN FRONTIER TROUBLE Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 27
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