Simla, Aug. 17.
Reports received from the North-West Frontier show that the Afridis are retreating from the. Peshawar area and that the hostile tribes are made to him by the local civil ind now in a chastened mood. The Roy-
Military authorities, The Ordinance provides "for the institution of special courts, but His Excellency earnestly' hopes that these will prove unnecessary As soon as al Air Force machines, in their in-jive bombing operations, have inflicted severe punishment on the effect. tribesmen with a very salutary'
A communication. from Auenti leader in the Bara Valley that the damage done by the sequent reports, however, imply that though the greater part of. the Afridis has been dispersed, some gangs still remain in the caves south of the Bara River, while the Hai Jot Turanozai is still trying to sti up the Mohmands.
On the other hand, two sections of the Utmankhel tribe have under taken to refrain from joining any hostile lashkars and to refuse passage to any of them. In consequence of this promise, it is understood that eleven Utmankhels, who were recently captured at Pollai, have been released.
'A message from Peshawar City' states that the Chief Commissioner} of the North-West' Frontier has issued regulations for the carrying} out of martial-law in Peshawar Cit which has been proclaimed _under the order promulgated by the Viceroy Lord Irwin, on August 15.
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