30 OCTOBER 1926, Page 2

It is no surprise to the friends of Lord Irwin

that he has been making a remarkable impression upon the tribesmen in the Peshawar district. No previous Viceroy has undertaken such informal and unannounced visits in the rough frontier country. The confidence with which he and Lady Irwin have been going among the hillmen and hearing their grievances provides in itself a sort of protection. Lord Irwin's qualities of mind and manner have evidently commended him to a chivalrous though rough people. He must have studied the line of the Peshawar Valley better than any other Viceroy, for he has just flown over the whole length of it.

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