The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-23
The Counter Revolution In Afghanistan

onary Instruction which has broken in the east of
Afghantan organized with the assistance and the
initiative of England This method employed by England for
weakening inmdatng annihating the governments in
the East which inconvenient to it, not by any
In connection with the couner-revoutonary Kurdish
revos along the Turkish Persian frontier counter
revolutions in the Southeastern districts of Persia border
ing British India has invariably TRANSFERRED that they
have been prepared and financed by the British.
accordance with the nature of mperialist policy
in the East to support the most reaconay and backward
strata against the forces OF progress We the
thing in China and india although in other forms. The
nsurrection against King Amanulah
in Aghanstan is described rising of the Southern,
nomadic mountain tribes under the leadership of their
feuda princes and priests against the progressive plans
reforms of the Afghan government The counerrevouton
has been Joined by the priests various high officers of the
army and part of the royal family.
This composition of the nsurgen forces leads to the
plain conclusion that here have revolt of the agents of
English Imperialism who have shown themselves able to ap
peal to the most backward instincts of the Mohammedan
peasant population The priests and feuda princes
tending their fuda privileges against the progressive policy
of the government of King Amanuah part of the Off
corps has allied itself with the proEngsh pretender to
the throne who driven out by King Amanullah whilst
in the nsurgen hill tribes there be- in addition reg
and social preudice also the social resistance to
and military service which resistance made of by the
leaders of the counter-revoution.
In the ranks of the ounterrevoluon there has appeared
leader and organizer the English Colonel Lawrence The
English government will probably declare that Colonel Law
acting private individual for whose acts the
English government cannot accept any responsibility This
however is not the Colonel Lawrence for long
months acting in official capacity the IndianAfghan
border with the British forces and stirred up the
.onary movement on behalf of England.
1t is obvious that England Immediately interested in
victorious counterrevoluon in Afghansan 1t is hardly
necessary mention that the English air being
held readiness the IndoAghanstan border for inter
gention England interest follows from the whole geograph
cal-strategcal position of Afghanstan This mountain
between southern
frontiers of the Soviet Union England wishes convert this
barrier into bridge.
On the Northern frontier of India, the Indo-
Aghanistan frontier striking forces and particular trerend
air forces have been concentrated for long time past in
preparation for attack upon the Soviet Union An attack
g the English troops be carried out only through AT
5hanistan territory, through the Khyber pass
Amanulah has up refused to yield to the English
ncements voluntarily to join the English anSovet front
He to realize that England is the enemy of Afghan
independence while Soviet Union the other hand as
he history of the past eleven years has proved is the
guarantee of this independence Mainly account of AT
hanstan position buffer State between British India
and the Soviet Union the independence of Afghanistan
thorn in the flesh of the English warmongers The
revolutionary nsrecon in Aghanstan melted by England
is therefore, constituent part of the accelerated war
preparations of England against and of her attempts
ircle the Soviet Union.
The policy of Amanulah, who is fighting at home
against the reactonary euda forces and foreign policy is
preserving the independence of the country maintaining
friendly relations with the Soviet Union and the neghboring
States OF the Middle East does not fit with these plans of
England The recently completed system of treaties of
mutual neutrality friendship and nonaggresson between the
Soviet Union Afghanistan Persia and Turkey
blow to the English plans The attempt the occasion
of Amanuahs visit to London to draw him the British
system failed On the contrary there followed after this
visit the extension in direction of the aforementioned
system of treaties The interests of the four States
all OF whom have to preserve their independence against i'm
ea attacks found diplomatic expression when the Soviet
nion Persia Afghanstan and Turkey opposed the English
Interpretation Of the Kellogg Pact in the sense and
expression to this view in notes.
Already during the European journey of King Amanuah
spread by the English regarding
utionary revolt against him. The Afghan Minister for
Economy, Abhu Hadi Khan who in Moscow at the be-
gnning of August expressed fears regarding military
political Vaccinations of England the southern frontier of
Aghanistan These fears have proved to be thoroughly
yelounded England is doing everything in order to pull
down the Afghan pillars of the Central Asac edce peace
md to break down the barrier of independent Aghansan
he Southern frontier of the Soviet Union
In the fight of Imperialism against the forces of the
world revolution independent Afghanistan is historically
playing at present effectively progressive in fact
utonary role We say this if we have sufficient
historical experience in order to know what vacaon and