THE PRINCE IN INBIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1922, Page 5

THE PRINCE IN INBIA.

THE TOUR ENDING. VISITS SCENE OF WAR. TRUCE TO SEE PRINCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received March IJ, 1.10 a.m. Delhi, March 9. The visit of the Prince of Wales to Rawal Pindi, the headquarters of the Northern Army, was the last important function of the four months’ tour. Hf arrived after spending the greater pari of a day at Taxila, an early Buddhist settlement. To-morrow he will present the Victoria Crocs to a Sikh private foi bravery in Waziristan. The Prince leaves Pindi on Saturday, stops on Sunday at Kapurthata. spends three hours on Monday at Dehradun and then goes to Gujranla, arriving at Karachi on March 17. Here the Prince embarks on H.M.S. Renown, arriving at Colombo on March 21. He Had an unusually interesting time at Malakand yesterday. A twentyfour hours’ truce was declared in honor of the visit by the warring tribes of Dir and Swat, both tribesmen coming in to see him, the Dir tribesmen having to pass through Swat territory. The Prince climbed on to the top of the last British outpost overlooking the independent territory and saw the rival towers in Swat and Dir, which is the centre of the present local war. The truce expired after the departure of the Prince, leaving the representatives of Dir confronted with the difficult problem of returning to their fort safely.