The letter from the Amir of Afghanistan to the Viceroy of India cond>mning Turkey's folly in making war on Great Britain reminds us that, not many days ago, according to the "Ostasiatischer Lloyd" 950,000 Afghans—or was it 350,000!—were reported to be marching upon the India frontier. Now what were those Afghans doing? For the Amir is one who commands respect among his subjects, and when he writes to the Viceroy of India in a friendly sense, they will not march against India in an unfriendly sense. It is possible, of course, that he sent them in from charge of the letter to testify their approbation of its contents. It is possible that they were on their way to the recruiting stations to join Great Britian's army, which is popular in India. It is also possible that the alleged march was nothing but another clumsy untruth of the "Ostariatischer Lloyd." This is the most possible explanation of all.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.