The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
Odd Bits Of Foreign News
 Gathered By Farmers Writer
Scotch Engineer Converts Amir Of Afghanistan Into Devoted Follow= CT Of Go1f-zC Canals Equipped
 With Gables For Barges

KaHul. Afghanistan, AGarcze a1.--. This county, which has kept itself as free as any place in the Orient from western institutions, has finally sue. cumhed to the charms of golf The sponsor. of the royal and ancient game. is the Amir himself who is rapidly be- coming an expert player under tute-. lage of Scottish mining engineer
 This Sootchman came to kabul looking for mining concessions He brought with him his bag of clubs on the remote chance of finding golf 1in1rs in a country, which had cher fshed 8 prejudice against any game played with a. ball since the time. Of Omar Khayyaxn, and soon discovered that the monarch was fonder of talk ing sport than business
 When he spoke enthusiastically Of the Scottish royal ganne,sfhe Amir lost no time in putting a corps of sap pers and miners to work constructiug a course under the direction of the visitor. Since that time the Amir has become a devoted exponent of the game and he xhas attained a fair de- gree of pr0dczency: But no matter what his akl1.she bids fair to remain champion of the country. for it is not consfdered polit5c to defeat a man who enjoys the power. of life and deatn over every one of his subjects.
 The game has reduced the efrthz of inc. Anair and improved his health, but he is afraid of overdoing it, so, at his winter capital, he is having built a miniature links de. luxe limit : cd in size and as smooth as a tennis lawn Here he will play the game without any of the bunkers or hazards usually provided by the ordinary course.
 Peshawud. 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 unEest grows in Indias the fear of the Russian bear and the unru1y states between Russia and the Indian empire increases, and England is clearly determined not to be attacked in the rear in the event of a native rebellion
 Two years ago the road across the famous pass was hardly more than a. trail for pack animals, but to-day Ehyber= is .trayersed by two roads suit able for the fastest and heaviest mil itary traction
 The defensive works have been con- structed with such secrecy that none of the details are known to the pub lie It is believed that inc natural battIements formed by the cliffs above the roads are honeycombed with hidden embrasures behind which
 
 Competent engineers believe that. unless the defending force is cut off from the south, the pass can be de tended by a. small garrison even against host such as the ancient in vaders 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 criminal museum Of Scotland Yard has been practically closed to all ex- cept those who can show some good reason for desiring to visit it. The museum has never been opened to the general public, but it has not been difficult to obtain admission Now a permit must be secured from ths Sec ond .Commissioner of Police, and the visits can only be made on one of two days fin the week.
 During the past year it beca me quite the rage for society women to obtain permits to view the grewsonne relics which the place contains. and com p1aint was made that the n1useurs was being turned into a sideshow fol the qualification of the morbidly GU. Iious.
 Some of the relics are decided1, ghast1y, and these are displayed witt lack of reserve which, according to the Scotland Yard authorities. did