Tue CHALLENGE OF me Nowrit-West Frox-A Contribution to World Peace CBy C. F. Andrews Allen Unwin, London. 3/6.
To those who have been long acquainted with the problem of the North-West Frontier of India it may seem startling that Mr. C. F. Andrews, who has distinguished himself in the study of Indian politics, should find interest in the complexities and dilemmas of the Indian Government on the frontier, History tells that until the British Raj asserted itself in India the North-West Frontier was ever a pathway of the invader, who invariably won, and as Kipling puts it, the shuttering up of that entry into the comparative peacefulness of the Indian plains was one of the real benefits which the British brought to India. Moreover, it facilitated the development of those political activi ties to which Mr. Andrews has in other books given so much attention. At the same time, there will be no disposition to quarrel with this sudden diversion. Mr. Andrews makes quite a good pont in arguing in favour of the revision of frontier policy, although it is to be feared that he does not fully understand the significance of the armed conditions of the frontier clans. The recent campaign in Waziristan has inspired Simla to a change of policy which in many respects meets some of Mr. Andrews' criticisms, but it would not be fair to pretend that even when he is dis-
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