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In a little book recently published is this arresting sentence: "It we ↑ Preter's Servich ta tha Chino Mall,
who are Christians conceived of Christianity as the great mass of the THE AFGHAN BOTHER. Kharlachi where prè demolished two youth of our country conceived of it -forts. The Para-Chinar road is we should not be Christians. The clear save for a few snipers. Nadir author of the book is the Rev. Dr. Khan has hurriedly retired to Khost, David S. Cairns, and it is entitled abandoning tents, documents, hospital "The Reasonableness of the Christian SIMILA, Juné 3.
stores, two um carriages, and a Faith." Dr Cairns is well known bo The Afghan trading classes: abso- thousand live shelk. At Yusuf Khel to many readers by an earlier book, Inrely decline to accept the Bolshevikap during the retreat much Christianity in the Modern World"; The hundred rouble notes | baggage, and ammunition was and during recent years the sterling have now fallen to eighteen rups dropped, which the villagers looted. quality of his work as = Christian Indian notes are cashable at par. A portion of the Kandahar force teacher and apologist, especially Regarding the relief of Thal, the assembled at Dabrai under Abdul in connection with the Student Afghans reireated before the relief The Gudas are now withdrawing Christian Movement, has brought column appeared. The retirement | Westwards.
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of all Afghans in Kurram is expected. Aeroplanes played a prominent part at Thal A Wazir lashkar in Tochi has been attacked from Miranshah and suffered heavily.
LIKE ANTS DISTURBED. The heights south of That on the! left bank of the Kurram, have been cleared. The enemy is reported to haveretired to Biland Khel on the right: bank of the river. The hill called " Khapianga opposite Thal' on the other
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SINGAPORE, June 5. The quotation is 53 and an eighth
THE DERBY...
. LONDON, June 4. The race for the Derby resulted 1st, Grand Parade, ridden by Tem- pleman..
fresh honour to a name that is stil held in proud and affectionate regard throughout all Scotland. The sen- tence from his pen just quoted should be laid to heart by every responsible Christian teacher: it sets down, in terse and simple, fashion, a fact of which many of us have of late beer growing painfully and increasingly and saddened me more, in the books conscious. Nothing has impressed
written by chaplains which have come my way, than the revelations which they give of the tragic failure.
side of the river is still held by a GRAND PARADE THE WINNER. of force of Afghans and irregulars with guns. We destroyed one by a direct hit. A large body of tribesmen is reported to have collected in the hills
to the northwest of Tha The situation at Miranshah is much improved. The enemy had some hundred casualties on Sunday.. about thirty being killed. No change is reported on the Deeajat border, where Wasir. and Mahsud lashkars
are still reported. Quetta states that our aeroplanes effectively bombed an enemy camp at Babrai, fifteen miles from Chaman.
ARMISTICE ASKED AND OFFERED.
2nd, Buchan, ridden by Brennan. Donoghue.
3rd, Paper Money, ridden by
the average soldier, who represents, of course,, the average man, to understand Christianity. He is continually mistaking things that matter only a little, or which do not matter at all, for that which matters everything, and because in his mind Christ's religion is identified with beliefs which for him are im possible, or with ideals of conduct which seem to him unworthy, he Thirteen ras. Grand Parade won condemns it or stands aloof from it, by half a length, two lengths between even when, as sometimes happens, 2nd and 3rd. The betting was 33 to te is all the time paying it secret
against Grand Parade, 7 to 1 againt and unconscious homage. Buchan, 7 to 1 against Paper Money. Fundamental questions," says. Place betting was proportionate Dr. Cairns, "are up at last." And odds against Grand Parade, and he is glad that it is so; let Christian erens Buchan and Paper Money. teachers learn how to deal with these, and "the Divine Word of Revelation has some chance of coming to its own again." It is with "fundament. al questions" that this little look is concerned. I shall not attempt. Ito summarise its argument; it is packed close enough already-as is the way of these Aberdeen profes- sors; it must be studied and restudied their argument is never "in the air": as it standa. This only let me say, Dr. Cairns wastes no time slaying the thrise-slain, neither is his wrest
"TRUTH" ON THE NAVY.
SIMLA, June 4. Aman Ulla's letter to the Viceroy explains that the outbreak of war was due to certain misunderstandings. He explains that the disorders and, dis- turbances in India, and especially the unruly demonstrations at Peshawar, bad reached a pitch oblig. ing him to despatch troops to protect his frontiers. The commandant of Says Truth in a recent issue: the eastern army, considering that The Admiralty are apparently alive certain points were included in his own to the prospect of a serious shortage territory, according to maps and of naval ratings if the drain of plans in his possession, proceeded to demobilization continues at the ling with imaginary foes. He knows carry on some digging as precaution- present rate; at any rate, this is the the modern mind as it reveals itself ary measure, whereupon British troops natural inference from the attractive both in the classroom and in the violated Afghan territory, obliging terms they are offering to all branches, camp, and he is not afraid of it; be the Amir to declare war. Meanwhile regular and temporary alike, to re knows Christianity, and he is not the Afghan envoy Abdur Rahman cagage until March 31 next. Clothing afraid for it; if only the modern reached Kabul and explained it all gratuities, and the inclusion of the mind can be brought to understand to the foreign secretary and impressed additional time served in the Christianity he has no doubt what the upon him the necessity of desisting demobilization benefits, are the chief result will be from war. It became apparent that amongst these. But the trouble is This is his task-and ours: to in- events and movements which had that, with wages sa high, the best the terpret Christianity in the terms of taken place were accidental and Admiralty can be expected to do our own generation, to make faith. undesirable. The Amir put off publica compares but poorly with the pro-reasonable to reasonable men. Ho tion of proclamation of a holy war spects offered by civil employment. nest minds, George Eliot says, " are and referred the matter to the national I question whether the seriousness of bound to accept no formula which council, who decided to send an envoy the outlook is yet generally realized. their whole souls-their intellect as to India to offer this explanation A fortnight ago I pointed out that well as their emotions-do not em- and stop the fighting. After tak- the departure of the reorganized brace with entire reverence." And ing exception to the aeroplane Mediterranean Battle Squadron was to that, I hope, we shall all heartily attack on Kabul and Jallalabad, delayed for want of stokers. Since agree. Believers and sceptics alike, the Amir emphasises that hether thousands of mer have gone we are all bound to have no does not desire the old friendship back to civilian life. It is easy to say make-believe. But for the to be broken or bloodshed to lead to that we must have men for the Navy, Christain teacher this involves, perpetual enmity. He affirms that but the question remains, how are of necessity, the continual re his government desires an honourable we going to get them? Did anyone adjusting of his message to the chang- and dignified peace and suggests that say conscription?
ing intellectual, environment in which delegates be appointed to conclude peace at the earliest date.!
Whilst the Admiralty are attempt he lives and in which his work has In reply the Viceroy expresses bising to check the wastage of man- to be done. We may scoff as we will pleasure on learning that the Amir is power by a perfect fusillade of at this or that man's "new theology" sincerely anxious for a cessation of thero withhold the Jerram Report. If best it deserves, but like every other persuasive memoranda, they continue and sometimes, perhaps, that is the fighting but gives an explicit recital there is one thing more than another science theology lives only on this of acts of Afghan hostility and viola that would settle the minds of a whole stern condition that it is being con tion of British territory. He reminds host of men who are at present tinually renewed. To ignore this Aman Ulla of the chance he gave hesitating whether to clear out or and to content ourselves with the him at the eleventh hour. Howevere engage, it is to be told definitely thought forms of a bygone day simply actuated by the knowledge of what the Navy is going to do for means, in a world like, curs, that we his inexperienced. youth
and them. As matters are, I am assured shall soon find ourselves talking to mindful of our obligations to his that quite a considerable proportion deaf ears and unresponsive minds.
father, Lord Chelmsford agrees to an armistice provided (1) charge from irritation more than any. of the waverers are taking their dis-. that all Afghan troops withdraw other reason, and I can well believe from the frontier 20 miles from the it. Man always resent the idea of nearest British forces (2) the British being trifled with, and that is how
late
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THE ROWLATT, ACT.
The Maharaja of Benares, at a
to remain where they are, continuing they feel in the absene of any reason Durbar held on April 30, delivered a
all military precautions but to take for the inordinate. delay in issuing
no offensive (3) aircraft not this report.
speech, in which His Highness, re-
to bomb the Afghan forces but to have freedom of the air for of the lower deck against being ex- India was or the increase and the I am glad to hear that the protest ferring to the Rowlatt Act, expressed regret that though education in vision purposes. The Afghans in
return are not to burt any aircraft claded from representation in the ad people were trying for Home Rue or airmen forced to land in Afghan ministration of canteens, to which and a great share in the administra limits. The Amir must inform all reference was made in Truth, tion, they were not following the the tribes that he has asked for a cessation of fighting and that he is not likely to be in vain. A Ninety nine per cent. of the people best qualities of the English rate. forbids their aggressive action against meeting of officers and men of did not know what the Rowlatt the British. The Viceroy emphasises the Fleet was held at the Act was and what barm, iff the leniency of the terms and invites headquarters of the Navy and Army any, it could produce. India was the Amir to accept them. If he he does so, Mr. Barrett" will Canteen Board, and the matter was created at the
ashamed that a disturbance wa instigation of arrange a meeting with Afghan discussed with promising results. certain agitaters, who had not uper generals to sign the armistice. Then There is undoubtedly a feeling stood the situation. It must n be terms of peace. If the Amir refuses, amongst the men that a board com India Act the police still possessed forgotten that under the Deidice of the consequences will rest on him. posed entirely of officers is not always great powers. No harm ad been The unlimited resources of the British in sympathetic touch with the subjects done by it to the pepeful and can mean only one thing.
which are brought to their notice, respectable citizens. To link that an and if only to remove any such Act intended for wrop doers would element, of suspicion, a lower-deck ahle persons was foshness. If this be also made appliedle to respect- In the Dakka area things are representative should be included in argument were to prevail, no laws normal, except for slight sniping and cutting of telegraph wires. Fifty the managing body of these com could be passed did the administra Afghans "were taken prisoner at cerns.
tion could not carried on.
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