TROUBLE IN INDIA.
Calcutta, November 16. Sin William Lockhart is paying the submitting tribes for supplying forage to the British forces. The Malivin Khels are selling grain to the British forces Their spokes man declared it is the general desire of the tribesmen to accept the terms of peace. He is afraid, however, they will not give up their serviceable rifles. The Afridis connected with the Government have always been opposed to fighting, but the young bloods of the tribesmen were eager for it. The Madda Khels have submitted unconditionally. London, November 17. The Birmingham small arm manufacturers are alleged to have supplied many of the Afridi tribesmen with guns. One firm admits sending 300 rifles and a ton of ammunition via the Persian Gulf. Norember 17. Letters of Said Akbar, one of the leading Indian frontier tribesmen, seized by the British, include one from Hadda Mullah, the instigator of the revolt. In contains an appeal to the tribesmen, declaring that the present is the time to strike a blow for Islam.
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 212, 20 November 1897, Page 2
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