29 DECEMBER 1928, Page 2

Last Sunday the women and children at the British Legation

at Kabul were removed by aeroplane to Pesha- war. This was done with the consent of the Afghan Government. Sir Francis Humphrys, the British Minister, has remained at his post. The only defence of the Legation for several days, after the Afghan guard had fled, was the coolness and skill of the Minister and his complete knowledge of the language. On Christmas Eve R.A.F. aeroplanes rescued the other foreign residents in Kabul.