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THE HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS," THURSDAY, MAY

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN.

SIR C MONRO'S DESPATCH.

BOLSHEVIK PLOT.

ASIA FOR THE ASIATICS”

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8rn, 1920.

The Simla correspondent of The Eng

INNE OF COURT O.T.0. FORTHCOMING WAR MEMORIAL. Lieut. Colonel F. H. L. Errington pre aiding at a smoking concer and reunion, organised by the Ices of Court: Offices

India, describing the recent, operations Tickman 'writes: MAANDEN DEM Training Corps in aid of the proposed

A supplement to the London Gazelle contains a despatch from General Sir Charles Monro, Commander-in-Chiel' in against Afghanistan and the tribes, in league with the Amir. It was an arduous and difficult campaign, conducted on an unprecedentedly wide front, and it was imposed on the Indian Government at a time when its resources in men and materis!"ware strained by the demands of the world war and were being further to

tasks.

A mission from Azerbaijan has recently visited Russia Turkestan ostensibly to get into touch with the Bolsheviks in this region; also it is believe with the deeper motive of smaiding pan Turanian feeling among the Mohammadan state of Trans Chapis with whose hope of autonomy the newly reorganised republic of Azerbaijan the corps. influential Muhammadan who was attached

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undelivered after 5th May, will be ubjed to rente

All Claims against the Steamer mast be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 13th May, 1920, or they will not be recognised.

Corps war memorial, said that some 13,000 en during the war passed to commi sioned rank through the corps and of these fifteen hundred gained var honours. THE Steamship including three, V.C. There wore 5,000 casualties among the officers derived from

"KAZEMBE Referring to these facts, having arrived, Consignes of Cargo are duced by demobilisation. Coming, too, aria naturally much in sympathy, An Colon at present in suspend at their silk inho tas Hazardous and/or Errington said that although the informed that all Goods are being landed the hottest season of the year, it neces sarily involved severe hardships for the to this mission has thrown some interested animation, it would never die. extra hasardous Godowar of Holts Whart troops engaged, and no less for the vari- ing light on the obscure tangle of Bal. (Cheers) In the course of a month or

Kowloon, whenes delivery may be obtained. qus administrative services. But they shevik diplomacy in Central Asia. He to be boped to see the corps revived

No Claim will be admitted after the Goods. cheerfully accepted the burden, and the says:One of the greatest difficulties with with the rest of the Territorial Forca.

have left the Godown, ad alt Goods remaining Commander-in-Chief pays warm tribute to which the Bolsheviks are confronted is Cheers). In the meantime oving to the fine spirit daplayed by all ranks, as how to reconcile their definite intention financial difficulties they had not been able well as to the real and efficiency with to retain the various Mahomedan states to run a club. But they had opened a which they carried out their allotted armly fixed in the Soviet mind as ever it centile of a club, good fellowship and

under their rule--a determination

mess in which they would find the two In a brief general survey of the opera under the Tsarist regime with their good food. They would all agree that the tions General Monro stat

protestations of Asia for the Asiatics splendid work of the corps ought to be and the elimination of European control commemorated. That both the living and in Auatic affairs. They are at once faced the dead should be commemorated by some with this dilanna, in their dealings with memorial at Berkhampstead where they the Turcomans and Bokharans and it will underwent their training-(cheers)-nad require all the casuistry of the Bolsheviks beabed that all who had belonged in the to explain away their present treatment torpe would translate their sympathy with of these Mahammedan" races and their this object by sending a subscription. I definite refusal to sccede to the desire for only caah man would send five shillings an autonomous republic in Turkistan.y would have enough for the project They are placed in an awkward position they had in mind, in which Bolshevik diplomats like Saritz and Eliav find themselves with their treat- ment of the Turcomans fresh in their memories, when attempting to convince the Afghans of the disinterestedness of their motives and their sympathy for the

the

During the course of the war our troops were engaged on a front extending along the whole length of the Afghan frontier from Chitral on the north-east to Soistaa on the south-west, a total distance of about 1.000 miles; indeed, the fighting front may be said to have extended still farther, for car line of communication defence troops on the 300 miles of read between Robat and Rui Khaf were kept constantly on their guard against raids from across the border, and were at one time directly threatened by a small Afghan force which was detached from Herat towards the Per sian frontier. Never before have simul- taneous operations been undertaken on

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No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

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she frontier of India which have covered rapport of Mahammadan aspirations in CHAIRMAN'S RECOMMENDATIONS CONSIGNEES

so wide an extent of front.

There are other important points of difference between this and previous cam paigas on the Indian frontier. Erst and second Afghan wars and in the In the

Tirah campaign the initiative lay with the Government of India On the present occasion Afghanistan was the aggressor; certain districts of internal India were still under martial law : the time chosen w the hottest Season of the year, and the invasion contemplated a rising in Fasha wer. In 1878 and 1807 eight weeks elapsed between the issue of orders to concentrate and the advance of our forces up the Khaibar and into Tirah respectively

In 1919 two weeks only elapsed between the receipt of information of the impend ing Afghan attack and the dispersal of the main Afghan army on the Jalalabad plain, and within four weeks Amir Amanullah had sued for an armistice. The promptitude of this advance through the Khaibar and the consequent menace to Jalalabad prevented an Afghan-tribal combination against us, and saved India the long and costly war which would have resulted from the loss of the Khaibar.

AGRIVE DANGER.

Bat truth will out. The subtleties de-

manded of this pose appear to have been shipping business as son as possible, and The Government should get out of the too much for the Bolshevik officials of stay out, declared Mr. John Barton Askbabad. A: a meeting of the Turko Payne, the Chairman of the United States man bendmen recently held at Askhabad Shipping Board, before the Senata Mer the events on the Kush border brought chant Marine Commitee, when filing the the discussion down from the realms of complete financial statistics of the Board's fancy to hard facts and forced the Bol-transport activities. sheviks to show their hand, and the Turko. The Chairman's figures abowed a net mans were naked whether in the event of profit of slightly more than £33,000,000, hostilities between Afghans and Bol with £3,000,000 more oring from the Food The Tarkomans wisely replied that all War Department Mr. Payne announced sheviks they would support the latter. Administration and 330,000,000 from the they wanted was to be left alone; they that do appropriation would be asked had no desire for Afghan rule, but also from Congress to complete the Board's they had no wish to fight the Afghans construction programme of which 3,500,000 To the outside observer it looks, as tons remained to be delivered. The pro- though, the Bolsheviks were otting ooeds from the sale of ships and the pro- thoroughly entangled in the mesh of their fits of operation were enough, he said, own intrigue. It is only to be hoped to carry out the programme. that they will not at the same time involve Mr. Payne's report declares that Gov- the Mahomedan states which have the miserament operation is unprofitable when the fortune to find themselves their subjects amount of the investment is considered, or their neighbours.

and adds that individual Americans could operate with profit in competition with foreign-owned vessels. The report recom mends that two sections be added to the merchant marine legislation, one turning over the North-German Lloyd and Ham- burg-Ameriks, docks at New York to the Board and the other requiring the owners permission before selling to aliens. of American vessels to obtain the Board's

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intimation is received from the Consignoos Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless before Noos To-TAT requesting it to be landed

Undersigned, Goods remaining unclaimed after Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the the 6th May, at Noon, will be abject to rent and landing charge.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 10th May, or they will not be recognized. Mesars. Goddard & Douglas, on THUESDAY, All damaged packages will be examined by the 8th May, at 10 AM,

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on and after May 2nd. notice has been given prior to steamer's Optional cargo ll be landed, uniesa arrival.

All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays sad Fridays between the hour of 10.45 an. and Noon within the free storage period.

signing of peace on August 8th the Amir Hongkong, and, in pertain weeks, Austra-far behind the modern methods of today. I claims will be adinitted after the Good

I need refer but briefly to the sequence

The

part of British officers in connection with the evacuation of militia poste in Waziris tan. He writes

grapple with the problems and perplexi ties which Capital must ince. They would see the dangers that lie in nationalisation. They would be brought to realise that the only solution of our present troubles is increased productionomic

Mr. Derbyshire sprang suddenly into the public eye in

he purchased Lord Howard de Walden Regent's Park ostate, comprising tensive properties in London, New York, twenty residential streets, for £500,000. He owns other ex Chicago, Faria, and Petrograd, and he has large cinema interests.

presented to the undersigned on or before the 22nd May, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected

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Agents Fongkong May, indy 1920,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE. P.&O.S. N. Co.'a Steamer

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vessel are hereby informed that their goods Consignees of Cargo by the above named are being landed and placed at their risk in, the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon where each consignment will be sorted out Mark by Maric and delivery can

can be obtained

Two other features of the campaign may be mentioned as exercising an appro einble influence of the course of the opera tions The first the failure of the ste Manchester merchants trading with the tem of szibat millas With certain not Near and Far East-are shown by the Post able exception the outbreak of war was Uffice to be wanting in appreciation of followed almost immediately by wholesale the great advantages of the London to desertions from militia units, necessitat Paris air mail service. The merchants ing the complete disbandment of one and bave been agitating tor the restoration the reduction of others to small fraction of a late fee postage on Thursdays to of their proper establishment. The delec catch the Indian mail. They want to be tion of these units as a time when the field able to post at the station up to 4.30 in army was concentrating in rear of them the afternoon. Without making a final constituted a grave danger, and this reply to this representation, the Post the Bank of England should be chosen The striking proposal that directors of danger is one which, in my opinion, we Office points out that the London-Paris from among representatives of the wipers cannot afford to accept in the future. air service permite of letter for India and other trade unions and the co-opera The other feature to which I refer is being posted up to 10 at night. The same tive movement, was made by Mr. S. P. the great disadvantage from which thei facilities allow of equally fate posting of Derbyshire, of Nottingham, as a meeting troops suffered as the result of the politicorrespondence to all countries served by of the stockholders. cal situation. From the granting of the the Indian mail, namely Egypt, Aden, armistice at the beginning of June to the East Africa, the Straits Settlements, Derbyshire to a Press representative, is Derby Bank of England," said Mr.

left the steamer's Godown and all his own tribesmen and the agents whom service was established only about 20 Man-bank. All the directors are men of the May will beginst the Steamer must be failed to exercise complete control over lia, but since the London-Paris air mailIt is time now to make it a truly national Goods remaining undelivered, alter the 8th

will be subject to rent. he had deputed to raise the tribes within chester letters have been sent by that route wealthy classes.

All the British border. Consequently The overlooking of the advantages of The best thing would be to call in as throughout this period the whole length the air mail is atributed by the president directors members of the great trade of the frontier was threatened and cons of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce unions. Our Labour leaders have proved tant raiding occurred,

to a general ignorance of its existence, their ability. Not only would the bank and he is taking steps to inform merchants benefis by this innovation, but the Labour of events which precipitated the outbreak that there are at their disposal even better men would be brought to realise and of war. On May 4th. large numbers of portal facilities than those they have been copies of a farman," signed by the Amir seeking. The cervenience of the air mail and concluding with an unmistakable ex-for urgent communication with Paris it hortation to Jehad, were distributed in self is also being pointed out by the Post Peshawar city through the agency of the Office Letters leaving Manchester by sir Afghan post offics there; and on the same are normally delivered in Paris before the day the Afghan postmaster arrived from close of business on the following day. Jalalabad with a motor car load of leaflets Letters going by the ordinary service are priated at Kabul, announcing that the not delivered all the second morning. Germans had resumed war and that India and Egypt nad risen On May 5th, the Field Army, received orders for mobilisa which followed fall na turally under three beads, namely, those

The withdrawal of these garrisons was of the North-West frontier Force the an operation of extreme difficulty and Waziristan Forces, and the Baluchistan

danger.

The loyal elements of the militia, Foroc respectively. The chief features led by a small bat gallant band of Bri of the operations, viewed as a whole, can hands and paid dearly for their devotion, tish officers who carried their lives in their be summarised as follows. Our main made their way by forced marches to effort, was directed to the Khaibar front Murtaza and inte Zhob. The route was

Lord Jellicoe's report ras tabled in the with Dakka as the first objective. After infested by tribesmen who clung to the House of Commons at Ottawa recently defeating the Afghan covering troops in

Goods not cleared within 8 days including the viciaty of Landi Khana, our troops to give the men a rest on the way. Decer- Naval Service

rear of the party and made it impossible by Colonel Ballantyne, Minister of the date of arrival will be subject to rent. occupied Dakka on May 18th., that is

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in within eight days of mobilisation being tions to the enemy were numerous. It was

Lord Jellicoe in his report says that if any case whatever ordered; and following a successful action not till the arrival of the party at Canada co-operates in the general naval Damaged package must be left in the on May 17th the Afghan main army dis Moghalkot, forty miles from Wana, that needs of the Empire it may be convenient Godowns for examination by the Consignees, persed and; for the time being, practically it was possible to call a halt; and by this to possess a basis upon which to build her and the Company's surveyors Mesars GODDARD ocased to exist, se an organised force. thirst, and their continued exertions. Up conditions is a fleet unit, which war ex-days

time the men were utterly exhausted by heat, fleet. The basis anggrated under these & DOUGLAS at 10 AM on Mondays and Thurs All arrangements for the advance had to this point casualties had been compara porience has shown should comprise, in the All claims must be presented within ten been completed and the troops were ready to movs when the Amir's request for tively few, but when issuing from Moghal case of Canada one battle cruiser, two days of the Steamers arrival here after which negotiations rendered any further forward tot in an attempt to reach Mir Ali bel, light cruisers, six destroyers, four sub date they cannot be recognized movement politically inexpedient. On the the party was heavily attacked and lost marines, and two flest mind sweepers. No claims will be admitted after the goods.

four British officers killed and two wound. The naval force suggested as adequate bisye left the Godown Waziristan front we were prepared to ed out of told of eight. Marching trely for the protection of Canada's evacuate certain positions with the object continuously for a further twenty-four ports comprises three light cruisers, one

**MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO., of reducing detachments, avoiding embar- hours, the survivors reached Fort Sande Botills leader, 12 torpale craft, and eight reasing commitments, and concentrating man in the early morning of the list. Lord Jellicoe places the cost and

H K Agenta. Hongkong, May 2nd, 1990. ae large a force as possible af decifive

with one parent ship. point. The evacuation became neces the ithdrawal of this party was of maintenance of a battle cruiser, at

Regard merely as a feat of endurance, sary, and was carried out under arrange itself, a fine schievement; but taking into £4,000,000 and of a light cruiser at ments concerted between General Bir A. A Barrets and illo Chief Commissioner of difficulties which beset them on the road administration of the navy by the consideration: the almost-insurmountable £500,000; * The report recommends the the North-West Frontier Province and the dangers through which thes

On the Baluchistan front the only

Canadian Naval Boardmore or lese operation of importance was the attack energed, the exploit stands out as one of along the lines of the present Canadian

od capture of Fort Spin Baldok The Indian frontier. The success of tho that there should be a Minister

the finest recorded in the history of the Militia Council. It expresses the view close proximity of this fort to the operation was die in large measure to Navy, who should be exclusively Baluchistan border was a threat to our the personality of Major G. H. Russell, sible for that service, and that orahana- position at Chaman, and it served as a 128th, Baluchistan Infantry, who com faring affairs should be conducted Loke Wellicoe submit screen behind which the enemy could conducted the withdrawal with remarkable centrate preparatory to

other Minister, an attack on skill, courage, and endurance, and set

Subudite four alternative Chaman itself, or against the fank of our a fine caample to those under him. The of air work to the navy, stating that any ing from 25,000,000 to £1,000,000. He Lord Jellicce emphasizes the importance suggestions for the Canadian Jeet, cost- position at Bogra. Ishwas accordingly steadians forutude of these mes in ear pary to be complete must possess a proper urges particularly the necessity of keep carried by assanit ps Blay 27th, cumstances before which most would have couplement of aircraft, Hoecoming the naval service outside the range General Monro records a striking nailed a stirning example of the mends the continuance of the Royal Card of party politics, and recommends that the ample of heroism, and fortitude on the baight to which the devotion of the Brian Naval, Falunteer Heer saya has stood the ten of time, should so

(Continued at foot of next column),

British plan of administration which he Continued at foot of neat column.) – a great extent be followed.

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