Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09
ENGLANDS NEW YEAR WAR.
The mad Fak Of India Throws the English Yoke and Pro-
ceeds to Make New Map Of Asia

lord and Lady Curzon. viceroy and
viccreIne Of India, will see n great
change in the map OF india. England
will not allow China and Russia to gain
any more power and territory than
they now possess and the Mad Falkir.
the greatest foe England has to face
In india. viii be the designer OF the
new nnp.
In the indian Empire. whenever
anything unusual In the way OF mn
tary manoeuvres are ordered the resi-
dents OF that country begin TO look to-
ward the northern frontier for another
sIittle war" and also Tot another rise
In The tax budget. For Englands 1T
tie East Indian wars usually turn OUT
10 be pretty expensive things, noin
in the matter OF money and men. Ana
n ali comes ont OF the pockets OF the
Angio-tndInn taxpayer In the end ior
the good and the glory Of the "Widdor
at Windsor"
Anaio.fndinn troops In Northern India
were ordered out FOR as much noun
tain drill as they could stand. or, when
wns aulte as important 20 the lndlhh
Government M the native ulpes 10
the northward OF the khyhcr fnAa
could stand, without beginning y" take
tho "mouniain drili' In the hEht OF
earnest warfare.
There was something foreboding
about their orders tn the residents OF
the Empire. something that raNoien
altogether too much Of the Atridi cam.
painn OF last year. which was hhfdp
n glorious one. And these featr WERE
not nllayed by the runorr IN tue mt
Ter part Of September that the authnf-
tiea In the Foreign Office were Holhk
60 take possession of the khyher i'nHH'
the principal northern pass from
Afghanistan into India.
BRITISH TERMS.
on top OF this came the proolama-
tIon from General Egcrton, NJ Simln
asking an the Afridi tfihcHmen 10 meet
ut pcahawur In the latter part OF DC
tober to hear the terms OF Great h.t-
ain respecting the pnrsca between IN
dla and Afghanlston. and also the get .
Element " the moduH vivcndiwhich hnd
been existing between the Anglo-lndian
forces and the Afridia since the cam
pnlrna Of last winter.
No resident OF the Indian Empire
had any doubt as 10 what this meant
Another winter Of anxiety Cor the
forces battling against the trih'umcn.
heavy losses OF men and money ana
the Inevitable discussion over Just when
Russia would give marching orders a.
her troops aud come down through AZ
rhanistnn 10 the Khybcr Pass They
Knew that an this was 60 come nH sure
~ M " Il had MI happened. The only
thing they didn't know was amnnf
just what tribe tho impending revolt
would first break out
There was not long 10 wait. Abou,
the middle of November the Govern
ment officials. being then In slmla, re-
ccived word that Mad Mulinh. or Mad
Enttlf" ma he IL moro Widely known.
was endenyoring TO crvate rising
against the British rule In his strong
hold In the Upper Swat Valley. his
FIRST move being to start with little
force OF COO men Co attack n neighbour
inr ruler. with pro-irltish rympathicH.
the Nawab Of Dir. This man had head
ed previous rlsinRa AGAINST tho Eng
lirii. ana his methods u warfare were
well known TO the Government.
The Upper Swat, or suwat. Valley.
whore this latest uprising occurred. IL
Hpnrnciy populated region In Central
Asia. Of which only little II known, n
II 20 the west of the Upper Indus and
northeast OF Pcahawnr. n has been
under the rule Of chief entitled the
Ahkoond. This IN one OF the non.
regulation provinces OF india, lta gov-
.rnment being under the control Of u
deputy commissioner or collector.
magistrate.
Owing TO lta distance from the
british ouipoats and It's lnnrccSalhii.
NY nothing further was done toward
rupprearing tho outbreak until a fort :
niEht later when simia was startled
by the news that the mad FnItir" ma
been succeraful In his FIRST battle with
INC Dir trlhenmcn. he having nut them
70 rout with heavy losses. Ills army
hau increased by this time to over