Aden Hinterland.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 61, 16 March 1904, Page 3

Aden Hinterland.

A few days ago the cable news reported that an Arab had shot and killed Captain viarneford, assistant political agent in the Aden Hinterland. In connection with this incident it may be interesting to read the following, telegraphed to an English paper some weeks .sine.; by its correspondent on tile spot : The Kotaibees, who have I n severely punished forth.'!!anprovoked attack on Hi" itritish I'M-! at Sukllk. have not yet made peace, and' aie ,-oiisulimg for "thai purpose among themselves. Captain Warneford, political ollicer at. IMhala, will shortly move to Sulaik to receive any overtures. 'Die retribution visited on this tribe was a salutary and much-needed lesson to all the Aral) tribes under Jiritish protection, and should particularly tend to improve the security of the inland trade routes eonneri ing Aden with Yemen, on which the Kotaibees for twenty years Inn e practis.il robbery and extortion on the caravans and residents. The present action of the lirilish authorities is therefore highly commended by Hi.- mercantile commuiiil.v temal trade owing to The inseruriM of the routes has long been a source of loss and anxiety. The Boundary Commission is now .rapidly erecting frontier pillars on the Amiri border, and th-rc is reason to hope, that its further laboius in the llauslial.i and Kubchi territories will be completed bv the beginning of .March. If the set 1 lenient of the Anglo-Turkish frontier results in accordance with the hopes entertained, Aden will considerably benefit from this. To the Uovcriiment doubtless the most expensive undertaking, hut also the main athautage, is the sanatorium near llthala for British troops To the general community the .aval advantage will lie in the freedom of inland trade from robherv and blackmail, with consequently a large development of the tl - ;uk . '„,- At |J,, with Yemen, the "pearl of Arabia " to which the attention of Itritish'exporters and importers might profitably be directed.