| Show I AMEER IS VERY II l S MUCH ANNOYED His Son Fell Far Short of His Expectations MAY PUNISH TH BOY i A COMPANION OF XAZURULIAH IS TO I BE TORTURED I I It 1 Gomes A7jotiit Because the Youth Failed to Arrange Ff r a Permanent Afgrlianistie Reprcsca taitive at London During His Recent Re-cent Visit to Englanil Was Very Much of n Fizzle and Will Cause Trouble LONDON NoV 20he Evening News publishes a letter from Puetta a small town of Belochistan near the Afghanistan Afghan-istan frontier which states that the Ameer of Afghanistan is greatly annoyed at the failure of Nazrullah Khan his second sec-ond son to arrange for a permanent Afghanistan Af-ghanistan representative at London during dur-ing his recent visit to England In consequence con-sequence of the rage of tho Ameer of Afghanistan many persons have been buried alive a great number of his subjects sub-jects have been imprisoned while many others have fled A notable who accompanied accom-panied Prince Nazrullah on the occasion of his visit to England named Kotwal is to be tortured as soon as he arrives I is expected that Nazrullah Khan himself him-self will be punished and that possibly he may be banished from Afghanistan The visit of Nazrullah Khan the second ond son of the ameer was one of the features of social and political life in London last summer The ameer himself was invited to pay a visit to England but his health would not permit him to accent the invitation At first it was proposed that his eldest son Prince Habblbull should go to England Eng-land Instead of the ameer but the ameer having virtually handed over the reins of the government to the heir apparent decided ho could not allow him to leave Cabul The duty of representing the ameer devolved on the second son Prince Nazrullah No expense was spared in selecting se-lecting presents for the royalties of Europe Eu-rope fully two laks of rupees being expended ex-pended at Cashmere rU1ee purchase of rich shawls and other costly presents I In addition to this large sums were paid out for the purpose of giving all the crowd of his sons followers suits of clothing money suitable to rank etc The eccentricities of Prince Nazrullah amused and astonished all Europe I was expected upon his return to Atghnn istan that he would wed the daughter of a wealthy chief But this part of tho I program he seems to have disregarded owing to the disfavor existing because end of his of the failure of the political mission One estimate was made showing show-ing that his few weeks visit in London cost the English government 6GCO for entertainments and traveling expenses exclusive of the large bills brought in by the proprietors of hotels where the prince stopped because of the peculiar method of the ninety natives of his suite some of them even killing and preparing pre-paring at the rooms at the hotels after the manner of the Afghans the animals ani-mals intended for food for their master |
