AFRIDI ROUND-UP

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1048, 12 August 1930, Page 9

AFRIDI ROUND-UP

TRIBES MAKE TROUBLE NEAR PESHAWAR INDIA’S INTERNECINE WAR British Official T Tireless Reed. Noon. RUGBY, Monday. Little further news is available from Peshawar. Owing to the presence of troops obviously adequate to deal with the situation, no alarm has been displayed by the populace of the city during the present trouble. The measures taken by the Air Force have prevented any large concentration by hostile tribes and those remaining in British territory are split into small and somewhat elusive parties, who have occasionally percolated to the outskirts of the city. When these are located they are promptly dealt with by the defending troops. It was reported that the main body of the laskhkar should deliver an at tack on the night of August 8, wl detachments already in the districts created a diversion. No attack, however, was carried out on the city or the cantonments. Although the casualties among the Afridis are believed to be severe, conditions make them difficult to estimate with any accuracy. No casualties have been reported among the British troops, and those among the Indian troops have been very slight. SERIOUS CLASH There have been serious communal disturbances in the Sind area. Disorder commenced in Sukkur, but has spread to adjacent areas. The origin is reported to have been a dispute between members of the Swarajist procession and a Mohammedan tonga driver, exaggerated accounts of which gave rise to alarmist rumours, followed by serious clashes between the two communities. The casualties have been serious and the latest reports indicate the situation is under complete control. Provincial reports describing the situation during the last fortnight of July are the most favourable received for some months. In Madras, the decline in lawless activities is becoming more marked and in many districts attempts to defy the law are half-hearted and readily abandoned.