Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-28
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Increased Anxiety Through Action Of
R bllS In ladIa.
BRITAIN VILE WAIT LITTLE.
Then VIII CIV ,he Rtb-ls Irounclng
That VIII Last for vary
Many Years.

QUETTA, Aug. rs The anxiety ex-
| perieDcel mere over the rumors thai
the uprising OF the tribssmeu OF the
| frontier will extend to this district was
increased by the discovery that the
telegraph line through the Bolan Pass
has been cut.
DEMAND FOR SPECIFIC REPLIES
BOMBAY, Aug. u.s. In the s,cJnd
letter sent by the Injinn government
to the Amoer oil A ghauistsn with ie'-
| erepce to tho completely OF Afghan
| subj cts in the re bellious tribes on the
| frontier, the government rsquesis that
speciflc answers be given 10 certsin
| specific questions. ana that generslties
be svOid-J.
PREPARINd ANOTHER ATTACK.
LONDON, Aug. s. rhe latest 'front.'
| Ter news IL that The Atridis are med!-
trting D night attack upon ksmduh,
! where everything is In readiness to
meet them. 1t IL also reported that q
large aid Threatening gathering on
| be OrsBzsis has taken pace near
! Fort Guiston, on the Samana range.
The coumai dnnt at ChamHn has
| asked for reiI 1t Is proba.
ole that pending ffeDsive operations
| by the goverum mt rces block ,de
will be enforced against the A ride
amt Oz,bies who are largely uepeni.
| sDtupOn India for their supplies.
| THIS It Ia believed would tend IL
| compel the IN to me to tefms.
| The military authorities tusgta that
after the uibes have been punished
| the occupation OF q single fort called
| ChiDa, IN the BtzIsr valley wouil
| III i the AfriJis hand and foot lortv
since lr'y wUuiu he Obliged TO pass
under the wallis OF that fsTt every six
months when migrating from the
valltyst to tue hill, auu vice versa.
The X kipels, who have held alooi
fr-m me rebellion, number 5000
fghtiug meu.
TRIBES NOT IN HARMONY.
The 1Im,s Slmla correspondent
Clues All instance OF the lack u cohesion
IN the lsus Of the frontier tribes the
iact tnat while the A'riuis hsve dis.
peTseG to their ht me. the Orakz,is
nave begun to move. A party OF the
latter crossed the Ubian Pace, s'x
miles from Konata aud attacked the
MsbmuuEn y 81, winch was ned by n
company OF native infantry aud the
borier militis.
General Ii ggs, commanding at
KnnRi, Issue nom that ptsce with a
neid battery suu Two COMPANIES Of
Sc It's fusilests and nativs ioiantry.
rhe Ofakziis retired to the Ublsn
ridge, where they were sbells by the
battery. The Infantry then 81 rmed
and pturru the ridge with only one
casually. The government troops oc.
cupied the ridge tor several hours. but
as the tribesmen were in iulI retreat
the force wilhurew to the plain.
COL Richardson with filing
co umn nj HalmA lesrn,d OF Thurs.
icy that 3 iost on the SANTANA Range
WAS being attacked. He al once seat
force OF native infantry and n sec
lion Of the DertI 10 m, uutsin battery to
reinforce the S,ms "a garrison.
| The latest reports are to the effect
that fri ~ has been heard In the diree-
lion Of the post 50 there is little .uou bl
That this attempt viii be repellei ne
vas that at Ublsn.
TINS fisipt, ths cortetpo ndent tays,
empnseiz the necessity OF moving n
I.rge force with the view OF attacking
l Nb I'LL VI pIUUhUlN
Two brigsues each are being orgapiz ID,
ana other operations on the frontier
are being postponed meanwhile.
80 far only SIX 5spoys firm Lundi
kotnl have arrived NJ Jsmarud. They
reported that they mad been uisarm ed
AM 1t Is believed tn rsiora that the
$50 members OF the Lundi, Kotai rifi a.
nave been JIsarmuJ oy the attaching
AifiLw.
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENcY.
LoNDuS, August 2S. re Daily
GIspnic publishes an Interview win
Gen. Sir Robert Low, whu ojmmsn .
ed the Cuiiral relief expedition In
1865, In W hicn Gen. Law 10 quoted n.
sayIns;
"We nave enough troops there to
restore orLer and IeosptuTe Knyber
very quickly, but II would b. unwis.
20 move for two or Three weeks Yet n
II oan he nuIped, uDtii the climate 10
heathier suu transp ration arrange
ments can be- made. Tners will prob
ably be serlous fl ,htin. but the Atm.
dis must be cOwei aud firaii must be
occupied sb' gooJ military road
while 10 gsr!isou Kuyusr pass win
our own tTooOps."
General Low d es not think the
fuiiap has snytLinx TO DO with the
rising. He believes that II 10 possible
that the smeer WAS ignorant OF the
tribes Intentions, hut feels certain that
General Gaolsm III idsr. commander
OF the ainstr's hoops in East AFGHAN
istau, was not. G-DeIal TN diam Hn =
dar, he says, is the biggest tsLsnc IN
Asa. General Low .thiuks that the
freedom oil the pres ip Inuia Ia largely
rospo psibie for the trouble, and o, :
oses the tubsidlzing Of the tribeS,
which. he declares, Is aiwpys slgu
OF webkuess.
a. X. Dih the Proper Thing.
TORONTO. o l., Aug. 2s..-Ths story
ofth Gianu Army posts hero appears
to have been exaggerated. These are
tue fact:
The members of Pos. N l3 OF ST.
Lpuis arrived here In tie after onn.
rhey ATTEMPTED TO get q British fag
on Tue steamer, aud falling tried 10
borrow one from the customs officer at
the dock. He suggested tn OF tue Wei.
tors could gel lag at one of the stores