The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-29
AFCHANISTAN lies
BETWEEN DANGERS
IN Case Of Russian Victory is
Present War Invasion lie
Feared.
ALSO WATCHED BY 6RiTlsH

A's"'' S'"a~"'' Sa""S ~
India to Outer World arG Which
;.s -, pords.
R~fghanistan.
poshaw,r snecjal The most son
rifive nerve IN inc Rritish ennnire ter
,,inates In Afahanis,an and tna gbr,st
n the cvor il oI.yavs duncinq ah,,,t ~.
Khvher pass throurh which caravans
i.lan Win rl~arrhanIiae and their uav
acrosa the rn~o1Intains hntTvaen Indin
and the countries of central Asia. Every
time lhere Is a sir in n cnImn Of
h,,alos ayorv fin,n . hoord craoks i,
hanrd Inder fhn yriudow mo goose
tlash RIGGS on Johp Pu,I's Rack ana he
lmnpines mat The great white hear is
e,n.IIin,r ayo,,,d ~ h,cl 100, ~ bi,
a,nni,a IN lndi, nc p DaSn !, 10 the
iunnirp off placn OF the nv the
Imit Of Rritis b,rfboritv tho tar,ninus
Of the railway svstrrn NJ Indto and the
preal pnrayy,y hetyean ihaf nn,nire ana
the outar wori,l throl,oh v,hirL overv-
thing mI,st mass II js Ia tho ;ntari1,
nP Al, u-hat ,bo ctroi+c ~ cfhrnItn.
nrn tn y Mcdiie,3nt1nan GO, an5 =
Dardenellcs to the Black and Cosnian
gene Wine thr,a mo 200 natLo n.,e.
the T,n,,nt,ine il, nfhnr diror,inns ga
If might he ,ossiLlc ia cross mo-, ON
nm army. il has never been n~lternntnd
and would involve dangers exDense ana
r1aln,,o ,I,6fr, no ,,n,i,,, .,,,rI ,,rIam
take. Tho <5,.baT plts hae 100 thn
grr5t ana o1J,: ,,I,Itn fG,. nsso, ,gLa+hnI
FOR v,o,, NJ rnr,rne,ra IT, ~, .tars, -
snnrt,oj Al, r.g.fI.,,. ~, i'a S.aoi,,.
~T,rndoni,,.5 nr hgr,,,,;, nc 49,, 49,, ~
Alavarla,, rs G,.1f' roc, 9 : ~ ,r "tIi n ~,
uin5y I,iq,Sn,. ~ ,,ta%ian 49, ca,
-" 80 49, - N't' 'i'' ~
tLr,,toh ~ NE an 49, ,a,;,r ,,,,Iii
tin,1 lri,on Ln' .,,I,I ,N.i f'ii, $3.50 49,
fLn Mco,,i ,5,,,ira a,,i ~ d. * tH,,anaa,
ta,-o, o,,It. ,,t 49,, -, i,T 49,
thjo Wv ' ""' o'tN
e 81
The British rortinratione ora AZ Lawn
rud nine miles i,nI,, pnshn wI,,, ar'I ~
terminus nr 1ha raiIwar :, :.
strong parrison is oIu,,Ts lon. NV
mass itself is oontrnlIol ~ , ror,orfrI
n,tiyn ,riha ma ~.
Aritis, estimated nt % o0o 81 ro1T who
receive suhsiljea From, thn pr;,irh' -
eminent ana from tho Annaor ~ f
yhaniqtan 10 lyeen thn,, GOOD natural
ION the pretext thar thny arc to do nn,ic,,
work and keep order in Tho n,sg n ie
%blncknail and bribery hrt orco,,-
plishes its anI.fbn nae itcn1r
with n STRIP OF highlands ANA focthifle
Ion the Afghanistan side is fins orrn-
pied by Il neutral party, which prevents
1 friction by Tho nations m ,jfLnr siJa
Of the border. The Afridis are fearless
fighters, hair civilized, half savage. and
almost entirely supported by the subsi-
dies they receive. Nearly all OF the
able bodice mel are under arms. A
few, who are too old or too young TO
fight, rGmain ut home and look after
the catile and the scraggy gardens
upon the gravelIy hillsidcs. The women
: are as ma rI Y .JI1i as aIE,,ri,,,r 80. Tho,
men. and ara taught to handle the rifle.
The pass is open only two days Of the
week. on Tuesdays and Fridays. No
It from either side except OH those days.
Alu wen 'iell lraHelerS, tourists II
ptteiS %actuaten by curiosity are not al
lUWea 10 80 through without permits.
l u N"'!s gong p"th ways are re-
lut.u W tohtP "iloSt Wsll-lofmcd reg
ut,t.oAS a. e!tner entrance until day
nsil ol ! uesuay OF Friday, when they
are escorted through ~ armed bodies
oh Ailluls ~hofselneh' There is not the
5ishtest dahser OF any sort to ny one
put II IS Just as Wen to so through
we ceremony iof II Keeps the Afridis
~ I, ii'i's!ilel ana reminds them con-
'nual!S o. t1elr great responsibilities.
Lhs came! DRIVERS n the traders are
mStee LOOKING men ana extremely dirty.
Illty maze tftEeled a long way and
over foaus that are very dusty, and
matel ~ Source the eltlre distance.
Lnty iool as II the% had never washed
'iielr races or cut their ilald, and their
Shaggy, greasy black locks hank down
upull thc'F SAouluerS beneath enormous
.urpails' Each wears the costume of
MS own country but they are so
ragged stlhn%, ana filthy that the ro-
nance or 1t is lost. The AfEhans are in
the majority. They are st;llWart, big
/ bearded men wit n l1 T,pn foo 4 = ,,hc " n,,1
noses and cunning eyes. and claim that
their ancestors were one of the lost
tribes OF Israel.
Tho ~Afghanistan question is. so 10
speak, in statu quo. The amear is
friendly 10 thcB British hut assnrts bis
independence with d great deal Of firm
ness ard vigor, and is an ever-nresen+
source OF anxiety No racaivos , enhN
sidy of $3.50 600 from, tho Rritisb GOV
eminent which is nracticallv q h,i,,o
to induce him nor tn maEa frianGs ynith
Russia. and vet there are ,,ontin,I,l re-
norris roncernino p,,ssi,r in+,;a',a. :,
tha, direction "a scniina. " -
anv Enplish an,,oT an5 lii n ~ eSstt
any Fnplishrnnn - ras;aa -, s sl
Tha In6inn oo,orn,nan+ :,
At c,hml Nv . htrhi,. -, "a ssstiieu
ootiva fnIi,n 49, a. 81 ao11s :! hple
n,atir ,aant - w a uiplo-
He rn,,nrtc 70 and ,.,,oj,o, ;,,4,a.z.
fror, Tord Snr.na Sna : > uo l
onIw Val, - u,.eS.iS, anu IS me
tn,aa, +tn " ,itlunrcatio pc
arnn,ant any ~ biitish gov
Tha n- -
+hrnna 49, NE mas oeen on me
,,a,Js s wy - Ills more !nan Two
iha Ar,sar = amS 80. y MS latnel'
eral rnonths thara va ~ ios stI.
,nviatv ns 70 n,ho+ man eonaiuelapie
man I,hi p,,,,ah pu.eS .ns souhs
nmrinr tha lnst +hraa 49, Mouiu aoopt.
n1d ne iifo ho ,a i Ysals VI tne