India It is reported from India that the Afridis in
their recent raid were armed and equipped on a scale hitherto unknown. Late on Friday, August 15th, Martial Law was proclaimed at Peshawar, although the establishment of special tribunals was left for a further notification and the Commander-in-Chief at once delegated the widest powers to a civilian, Mr. S. E. Pears, the Chief Commissioner of the North-West Province. An expedition against Kohat was abandoned, apparently by reason of an especially successful aerial bombardment. The chief Mullah has so far managed to restrain the Afghans in the vicinity, and there are still divided counsels among the frontier tribes themselves. These local affrays have not materially affected the general situation in the country, and the news tele- graphed on Wednesday was very much more hopeful.
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