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AFGHANISTAN,

had been making their mark in the misguided his country. However palley may have been in the end, t was intensely patriotic and hovor 'MR. AMI'S' INTERESTING TALK spared himself in his efforts to

TO ROTARY

18,1934.

WAITER CHARGED

BRIGHTON TRUNK MURDER

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Later.

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The pollco Aubsequently an

real nounced that Macini, whose name is Jack Notyre, had been charged with the wilful murder of Violet Saunders, otherwise known as Violette Kaye-Reuter,

say.

CASE DEVELOPS modornlaw the government of his

London, July 10. country and to stamp out corruption.

Following an intensivo all night) Afghanistan, from earllost history For an castorn potentato he was looked upon as the gateway of India, singularly democratio in his outlook. search, the police have detained a was the subject of an interesting talk The effect of modernising the waiter named Mancini in con- of by Mr. L W. Amps, at yesterday's of government took away much of the Rotary diffin in the Roof Garden of power which, for centuries, had been nection with the brutal murder

The mutilated body of the Hongkong Hotel. Air. Ampe was the prerogative of the mullahs, and the dancer, Miss Violette Kayo. engineer in charge of the construc- tribes romote from the capital word tion of the new Legation Buildings being ordered to pay tribute towards Kaye was found in a large trunk in girl's blood-stained in Kabul, the capital of the country. the cost of the now government which Brighton boarding house. The

Rotarian T. B. Wilson, presided, they very much resented. Dissatis- murdered and the following guests were welfaction broke out in the warlike pro-clothing and a hammer, with which tribesmit is alleged she was killed, are comed: Mosara F. T. Barrie, G. B. B. vince of Khost and the

C. marched on Kabul in force: The Thompson. T. 8. Guthrie, and

rebols approached daily closer, and also in the possession of the

rebel police.-Reuter Black.

inally, news came that the On behalf of the Italian members cavalry ware only a day's march from of the Club, Rotarian A. Blanconi pro- the city and it seemed almost certain

Charged With Murder. sented the Club with a fag of Italy. that Kabul would fail. The defend

facini was taken in a motor car Similar presentations were made by ing troops were stationed out on Dr. R. Castro Basto on behalf of the hills and points of vantago around to Brighton Police Station, where Portuguese members, and by Rotar Kabul, and as there was a brillant he was booed by a crowd of some

that hundrede, mostly girls. tan M. J. D. Montargis on behalf full moon, everyone expected of the French members. Rotarian the attempt would be made that Montargis sald his only wish was night. About 1 am. my wife was that in the world generally, they awakened by pandemonium in the could be as united as were the na-city near the Legation, Bhots were tionalities represented in the Club being fired all around and shouts and The chairman mentioned that an erle could be heard on all sides. outing for the girls of the Eyre Re- The nombers of the Legation were fugo was to be held on Thursday.

Collecting to discuss the next steps Mr. Amps, in the course of his to be taken, when my wife glanced

and wolf, he calmly walked outside and talk, wald: Afghanistan is a wild, up at the clear, cloudless sky andeveloped country, roughly the size round that the moon was in almest announced that be wished to speak

hat Afghan total eclipse. Suddenly it dawned on to the rebels. The astonished tribes of Japan and the jealously guarded his independence these present, who were all familiar men, each with his finger itching on and ask and has skilfully played off his with MDhanmodan customs, that the the trigger, saw an Englishman quict powerful neighbours, the Bear to the noise and firing might be on account by all his pipe, light it north and the Lion to the south of the eclipse and not the last them to sit down upon the ground against one another to further his frenzied attempts of the defenders and listen to what he had to own ends. From earliest history of the city to repel the attackers, Instinctively they obeyed. He spoke Afghanistan has been locked upon greedy with the thought of loot! first in Persian and then in Fashtu, as the gateway of India, with its And so it proved to be. Whether the the language of the hillmen riches and. fertile lands. Persian, and untutored rebels had qualled which he was well acquainted. Greek, Tartar and Mongol have all before attacking such a large and told them that the British plundered India through, the gate important city as Kabul with its guests in their country and claimed way of Afghanistan. Generally the rumoured modem methods of me- the respect due to guests; that they Afghans raised no hand to check their chanical warfare, or whether they had were diplomatic representatives and advance, but they invariably waged heard tales of reinforcements which took no part in the internal affairs of guerilla warfare against their com- were expected from a friendly tribe the country; that there were women munications, a form of fighting for

was never fully: disclosed, but from and children in the Legation whose which those fierce and warlike tribes that night when they could almost presence must be respected. Gradual- was speaking, their in their mountains and ravines, wore have walked into Kabul without fir-ly, while he exceptionally well fitted.

Ing a shot, the rebels hesitated and hostile attitude changed and when

their leader ho had Anished, wavered in their purpose, and in a week's time the government troops mitted that what he had said was In 1010, shortly, after his secon- with now courage, and with the as- indeed true; that they had no quarrol sion to the throne, Amir Amanullah sistance of reinforcements, fell upon with the English and would

legations, Khan decided to open hostilities them and drove them back with heavyniolest them, but they had vowed to against India, mainly as a means of loss, capturing thirteen of their lead- sack some of the other consolidating his position, on the era. The next morning, as I was sitting against whom they had a grievance. throng, which was rather insecure at in my office, counted thirteen slow Sir Francis insisted that all legations the time. From the point of vlow deliberato ahots from the large gun were to be immune from molestation, and after further parley they agreed of the British, this was hardly on the hill overlooking Kabul, and I convenient time. Our troops were know that they had been executed in not to harm any of them, and de- parted, leaving an armed guard to of the British. worn out after their efforts in the the traditional: Afghan manner

ensure the safety Great War, and the Afghans estnted being blown. from a gun. on taking full advantage of this

One. December, two days before Thus did the courage and personall- ty of Sir Francis Humphrys prevent

massacre of the

of A recurrente After a hot and difficult cam- Christmus a sudden calamity struck paign, the British forced the Afghana the British Legation. A bridge party British diplomatic representatives,

Bue for peace. The onsuing was in progress that evening when negotiations resulted in the recogn the fire alarm was given. A fire had which had twice proviously occurred During the weeks that followed, the ten of Afghanistan as an indepenLroken out in the servants quarters in the history of Afghanistan.

Inhabitants of Kabul lived on the edge dent country who should be entitled and in forty minutes the old build- to open legations in the leading ings which housed the Legation of a volcano, and it was entirely due of wood, were to the diplomacy of the British capitals of Europe.

mostly consisted

Minister that the complete destruc. burnt to the ground There w&S NO time to save personal belongings tion of the city was avoided. The every Englishman concentrated upon saving as much as he could of the British Legation was completely cut official papers and confidential docu- ments, before the fire made further salvage impossible.

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tu page to the lustrous history of Dri- Chardel Plain with the snow covers heard that a brigand chief, Bacha-1- Habul himself, having added one moTE ed Hindu Khush mountains in the Saqay, was collecting his men

A vote of thanks was accorded Mr. INWARD background. Previous to our arrival march on Kabul, Amanullah secretly tlah diplomacy. In Kabul, nothing was known about escaped by aeroplane and left the the local resources in

building country, leaving his brother on the Amps on the notion of Rotarian

throse to face the music, materials and skilled labour and I soon discovered that it meant starting from the very beginning. There was no bulling stone and no burnt bricka,

The brigand and his men advanced in. and the only timber available on Kabul, resolved to ransack Kabul had previously been brought city, and obtain for themselves the 100 miles, on the backs of camels, valenblo loot which it contained. from the forests near the south cast Marching from the north, the first borrier. It was therefore necessary place of importance they passed on to import theber in large logs from their way to the city was the British the imalayan forests in northern Legation, fine now buildings richer India, and bring it up over the 200 than anything these wild men had miles

hammered from ever seen before. They Peshawar, on specially constructed arreguintly on the gates and demand- bullock carts, drawn by Leams of six ed entrance. The Afghan guard had er eight bullocks, a journey which fled and the Legation, with the ex- look three weeks. Coment was prac caption of hastily constructed sand- tically unknown in the country, and ng barrleadies at the windows, was by the time I had imported it from practically defenceless and contained India, its price per bag would make Lady Humphrys and other English the mouths of the shareholders in

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