DIRECT COMMUNICATION.

Shannon News, 29 March 1923, Page 4

DIRECT COMMUNICATION .

KING AND AMIR EXCHANGE. : : MESSAGES. f\ SYMPATHY- WITH 'V ! '(Received Wednesday, 8 p.m.) LONDON, March 27.-.. Upon the inauguration ’ of telegraphic communication-between-- Afghanistan and Britain} 1 .the Amir', seint ,a message .to the. -King, expressing gratitude for the facilities, rendered by the l British officials‘ and hopihg that thft installation of communication would be the key to= good ;relations between Afghahistan. andv. Britain.-- He hoped the ilmperial Government, in .view of -her obligations to -humanity hnd civilisation, would' 1 'Consider ’the hiiseries and misfortunes of Moslems as a 1 matter of the greatest important;©,. -in order that ‘ the long-standing Anglo-Moslem > friendly 1 relatiohs : hnight bfe reestablished/ • The King replied-:- “I- reciprocate th© wisjh that better communication will co'nduce to further improvement in the 1 good Anfelo-Afghan relations.: I greatly regret -that - the events - of -' the war should' have given rise to the belief that Britain no longer desires them. There is no foundation for that belief and it is- the desire of myself: and my Government, as far as pos- , silole, to . live' in peaceful and neighbourly co-operation with the Moslem world. U You may be assured that wherever men are seeking'ijustiee! Hnd< peace, Britain welcomes their friendship. In this spirit I earnestly'hope for a settlement in the Near -East:'.