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Heretofore, British and Europeans had been fairly safe. But they were no longer safe in Kashmir. Mahsud tribesmen burst into a hospital at Baramulla last week, killed a British officer, his wife and two nuns...
...Free Kashmir." All through the summer, Kashmir's waddling, toss-purse Hindu Maharaja Sir Hari Singh had twisted & turned between India and Pakistan. When armed tribesmen from Pakistan's northwest invaded last month, Sir Hari at last threw out his be jeweled arms to India...
...Lumberton, N.C., James Bledsoe, a 33-year-old member of the Croatan Indians, was jailed for slashing two of his fellow tribesmen and drinking their blood...
...Court of St. Damasus, where the Pope sat resplendent on an improvised dais, spangled maidens from Goa, bandannaed islanders from Timor, and tribesmen from Dom Pedro's own Angola watched devoutly. The old King had put on a swallow-tailed coat and extra wide trousers. His moustachios gleamed stark and white as he mounted the steps to the throne followed by his Queen, Isabella. His eyes were downcast and glued to his outturned feet for fear he might trip on his trousers. When at last he stood at the top, the crowd applauded. Pedro started to prostrate himself...
Last week Qashqais plus Bakhtiaris and other tribesmen from the south teamed up with Kurds from the north, announced a tribal bloc which would have an influence far beyond its representation (probably 30 out of 136 seats) in the Majlis. Priority item on their program: to scuttle the Russian oil concession. When the election finally ended, Gavam could submit the Russian oil agreement with certain knowledge that it would be strongly opposed-which will suit him fine. He could sit back, finger his jade beads and chuckle-unless the neighbors across his northern border turned the heat on again...