5 JANUARY 1907, Page 10

The Amir of Afghanistan arrived in Indian territory on Wednesday,

and was met at Landi Mena by the British escort, Sir Henry McMahon and Major Roos-Keppel. He it accompanied by a bodyguard of seventy.five officers and one thousand and twenty-six men, including all the moat powerful nobles of Afghanistan. A telegram from the King greeted him on his arrival, expressing his Majesty's gratification at the visit as indicating the friendly relations between the two States, and his hope that the tom• would be "a pleasant relief from cares of State." The visit has neither the diplomatic nor ceremonial significance of Abdurrali man's visit to Lord Dufferin, but it is an occasion which may well be turned to the profit both of Afghanistan and India.