The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-23

KabuI. A~fghanistan. March a.
This country, which has kept itself a!
free as any place in the Orient from
western institutions, has finally sue
! cumbed to the charms of golf. Tl'
sponsor OF the royal and ancient game
Is the Amir himself who Is rapidly
becoming an expert player under
tutelage Of a Scottish mining engineer
This Scotchman came to Kabul look
ing for mining concessions. HI
brought with him his bag Of clubs or
the remote chance Of finding golf links
In a country, which had cherished 6
prejudice against any game played
with a ball since the time Of Omar
khayyam, and oon discovered that
the monarch was fonder Of talking
sport than business. When he spoke
enthusiastically Of the Scottish royal
game, the Amir lost no time in putting
a corps of sappers and miners to work
constructing a course under the direc-
ton Of the visitor. Since hat time
the Amir has become a devoted eXpon-
ent Of the game and he has attained
a fair degree Of proficiency. But no
matter what his skill, he bids fair to
remain champion Of the country, for
it is not considered polite TO defeat a
mar who enjoys the power Of life and
death over every n Of his sub
jects.
The game has reduced the girth Of
the Amir and improved his health,
but he is afraid of OVERRIDING il, so at
his winter capital he Is having built
a miniature links de luxe, limited in
size and as smooth as O. tennis lawn.
Here he will play the game without any
of the bunkers or hazards usually
provided by the ordinary course.
Peshawur. india, March 21.-With
secrecy and speed unusual in public
work, English army engineers are
rushing to completion the forts and
roads Of Khyber Pass, to make it a.
Gibraltar against invasion from the
north. AS domestic unrest grows in
India, the fear Of the Russian bear
and the unruly states between Russia
and the Indian empire increases, and
England Is clearly determined not, to
be attacked in the rear in tho event
of a native rebellion.
Two years ago the road across the
pass was hardly more than a
trail for pack animls, but today Khy-
Der is traversed by two roads suitable
the fastest and heaviest military
The defensive works have
been constructed with such secrecy
that none Of the details is known to
the public. 1t Is believed that the
battlements formed by the
cliffs above the roads are honeycomb-
ed with hidden embrasures behind
great mountain guns lie hidden.
engineers believe that un-
less the defending force is cut off from
the south, the lass can be defended by
a small garrison even against a host
such as the ancient invaders Of India
brought down from the north.
London, March 21.-Because It was
becoming as great an attraction for
the morbid as the Paris morgue. the
museum Of Scotland Yard
has been practically closed to,all except
who can show some good reason
for desiring to visit it. The museum
has never been opened to the general
public, but 1T has not been difficult to
obtain admission. Now a permit must
be secured from the second commits
4ioner Of police, and the visits can only
be made on n of two days in the
week.
During the past year it became quite
the rage for society women to obtain
permits to view the greWsome relics
which the place contains, and COM
Olaint was made that the museum was
turned into a sideshow for the
qualification Of the morbidly curious.
Some of the relics are decidedly ghast-
.E, and these are displayed with a lack
II reserve which, according to the
Scotland Yard authorities. did not
make fixed parties Of visitors desir-
able. Besides the implements used in
The commission Of famous crimes, per-
1aps the most interesting exhibits in
he place are death masks, formerly
Of every criminal executed in
England.