Red Peril Now Seen

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 597, 25 February 1929, Page 9

Red Peril Now Seen

AMANULLAH SEEKS AID Britain Gravely Concerned ftnited P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press AssociationJ ?' 5 ain ' DELHI, Sunday. pLAVE importance is attached to Amanullah’s departure >* from Kandahar for Herat, which is the nearest big Afghan town to the Russian frontier, and which is the Soviet’s internal political base in Afghanistan. The “Statesman’s” political correspondent at New Delhi regards Amanullah’s move as the most serious yet met with in the Afghan situation.

The correspondent says it may lead to a crisis that will overshadow the general election. in England, and dwarf most of ollr preoccupations iu India.

The Soviet Consulate at Herat was recently a centre of propaganda for Am arm 11 ah. It is believed the former King has gone to invoke the support of the Soviet, which makes no secret

of the fact that Amaiiullah stands for revolution, and has her sympathy. The situation is regarded as fraught with explosive possibilities. A Peshawar report says that if Nadir Khan gains the support of the country, the brigand King Bacchasakao will hand over,the government, but at present the indications are that the latter will remain at Kabul till he is forcibly ejected.