Show fl t i d Cv C Y t rye y i it iA A k 5 pp i r IY Lt T Tj j Nd F r rr r i t tr r 4 boa t may Y e r N YMA ix G Ar ry 9 y 0 i 3 a v PI 1 S z TYPical Afghan Silk Merchant Pr Prepared by National society D C service no people of Asia P fought harder against the im insa a aslon slon sion or of Western customs than the Afghans lot hot many years l ago o few I sere ere the foreigners nho ho crossed their bowlers borders and 11 lived ed to tell the tale lale In recent years ho e cr many have gh ghen en In print first hind p dons of the kingdom that reposes among the mountains northwest of India In Asia where headgear Is a sign of rank or race the Afghan has re- re refused refused fused to go high hat To the Durant Duranl leaders and ari tribesmen the threat of procedure nas as bid enough for Afghan AfghanIstan iglus was more a mountaIn mass of h ely Independent tribes thin a unIted nation But edicts prescribing shorn beards frock Crock coats and top hits wel Last straps stra on then tolerance of Misty They felt that n a high speed dawn from the nest est nas as a Cal false e dl dinn n And so they proved pro It It the Amanullah-the of God fled After sic sl years the turban tm rem tIns a sign that t c even cen en In Asia ASla haste mikes es waste To Induce European thou thoughts in Turkish Turl l h heads Must Kemal Pasha ed cd the r I In below European hits Amanullah hoped to accomplish es e een en more cli ch inges But the patient Afghan mountaineer a S sniggering he he man If there esera e eser eer er a lS is one perSisted In sticking to his broad turban or dressy astrakhan cip And thereby hangs i 1 the Afghanistan nas v as lon long by po- po political lS is Mecca Iocca and are by prayer pra er niche and pra prayer er n heel The Afghans cherished isolation as hid their predecessors ors the v nho ho held held It as a lm to accord no passage 0 otter er the yo country to any stranger In 1917 n hen i 1 tra trawler eler rode south southWard Ward ard from Crom Men Mers i nas as the end of a blind alley In 1921 lD l sv hen he went north through the 11 1 ber pass and faced fa cell that sl sign n read mg lag It It Is forbidden to Cross this hIs Border Into Afghan TerrI tort these thel e es n s is a 1 gual guard d to the II Couldn't Cou Hustle the EastBy East EastBy By not only wis Af Afghanistan open to but current cUI C speeded up Before e the end of UI UIt thit t nl medle rev ell Kink Am and Queen Sous I sy i 1 monog mono rulers of ofa a 3 land had hod hoarded their first and andere here ere at the thresh threshold threshold old or of e lero culture Its I then reinforced h by Industrial It and bull markets m The nc t sip sh months Wele ele 1 the he rulers rode from trl to triumph enjo lug Ing such Euro Duro European thrIlls as fen fe Europeans l now because hire c had decades to become accustomed to nhit the Afghan rulers personally encountered durIng a fen fe necks eels of western hos ty Rome nome Monte Carlo Pu Pius b Belgium Berlin BeIlin I 1 London fl Moscow Mosco Ani iri J Istanbul le Ie theirs heran-theirs nas as no commonplace trIp Nations hoping for Cor commercial or political outdId one an another another other In honoring In these rulers ruler of a ane ne Iy opened buffer sate te I et the native republics of SO let Turkestan and that Ao 1 mins min's I and bristling nith ith manhood along 1 runs the long thelong strategic land frontier of the British empire Across the norUm northwest cst frontier Indias India's Chinese Hall many a conqueror en entered treasure house or of gold and jewels The presence of pov stricken and nomadic tribesmen so cIo close o to ill III gu guarded rIches often pro ed dica disastrous trous to It Is no Wonder that the BrItish ruler the Afghan kin to be the fist th st royal i l cser to oser o London und and staged a mock moch battle for his benefit A fen months later thIs honored guest of modern Europe as en from rom his palace In Kabul Kipling rote the tho epH lph of such Amanullah Ul like e other ts tiled to hustle the Last Cast II Ot Of course It Is fantastic to suggest the Afghans 0 overthrew their ener- ener l king ing simply over a question of dress s because gIrls ere fOI forced ced to attend school without the consent of their parents or even because the consent ot of the bride was made obliga obligatory tory for Economic and re problems were molted oh ed and the Afghan reformer perhaps ps lacked Inched a aI I ge ot of popular ps etiology In emulating Kemal Pasha Amanullah failed Called to realIze that the I uri leader by saving his coun- coun country try from Crom division be between een foreIgn pow ers ens developed a nen ne born nationalism nas as stIll divided against itself by sno clad s and feudal customs under which tn- tn bil loyalty nas as more potent thin pa- pa pai pa- pa patriotism His Deceptive Welcome Home Flittering contacts with nester estern n ei ch ilia tIon hid Weakened eal ened Amanullah's Amanullah s judgment and the With ith h he His welcomed home deceivIng Kabul Was as In festal array Gen Gendarmes Gendarmes darmes In ness ne red uniforms stood i In n rIgid lines between bright trIUmphal l arches carpets by diy y amI nai l 1 colored lanterns by night d the mud walls walis of the mountain gir girt t capital which like made an a n earthen foss 10 for colorful cross cro ds d sv s TrIbesmen from Crom the hills added their r cocky co costumes lumes and loop the loop footgear foot gear to the best dl dress ess of the s In a cat cal nh 11 atmosphere horse g and a theater with feminine roles were e ef introduced to strict heed keepers of o othe f the Filth Microphones and loud speakers were e employed ed In addressing d guests and foreIgn diplomats In n i 1 gay ga Y from which gO stu students students dents here ere sent merrily assay aay a ay for Cor stud studies les ies In I turl url eyOn ey eyOn On a large laroe wall map the of o oKing f King and Queen Sourly i 1 was traced On each seat nas as i printed printe d text of the foreIgn contracts and agre e- e ments the leader of the new nee Afghanistan had s1 signed signed-a nell nell-a str Ikin iI case of political cards on the table of o f open co In elY e rums picturing the flittering fl Duro o penn receptions for the Afghan ro roty t l ty were sho shown shon n Es C there were e older bits for the french rench professor r nho ho described this ami pel period fod In 1 Kabul life liCe in lD S complained that P women omen were pictured In too large hits and too lo lon skirts shirts Soon after the return of the prodigal 1 king opposition ed Consel es 1 resented the higher tl trees es Which Inch widespread reforms could entail Mullahs and mosque attend attendants ants objected to ha basing haIng Ing theIr govern go allowances stopped The rip Id tempo of modernization brought con con- confusion fusion and resentment as did the change of religious holiday from Fri Fridi di d to l 1 The rhe fact that a for for- foreign or- or eign st style Ie co coat t nas as made ot of honest Afghan cloth did not mollify the self self- conscious trIbal delegates ho retail retail- retaliated by accusing Amanullah ot of being I negligent t about hIs prayers s When royal reforms threatened the tribal or- or order order der the rOSE In revolt Scenes In Kabul Present day Kabul Is as interesting for Cor Its scenes of native life as for Its new ne political policies In Kabul hitters stuff cotton or piper pi p per Into top and sIde Welts of gaudy skullcaps tailors fashion CashIon equal equal- I 13 flashy rests ests Menders of ware or e esen een en of lemonade glasses bore tiny holes In the pieces and listen them to together together gether With Ith soft copper brads ham hammered In Shopkeepers sit It amid their stock and scoop assay l a few dried peas or a bIt bItof bitof of sugar or four flour from neat cones of foodstuffs J Jewelers e s st set stones like rubies Into wide silver er bracelets ith projecting points like those thoe on dog rs colI I Caged birds hang at many ny a shop door and the proprIetors play wIth their be bed ids d eyed sons while a ass tilting customers From one end of the to ton toto n to the other there are the makers makels of Afghan sundaes i i |