AFGHANISTAN: Lord Irwin's Law

After boiling the then king's favorite general in oil, Nadir Khan, "the Afghan George Washington," ascended the throne in picturesque Kabul and has since successfully remained there (TIME, Oct. 28, 1929 et seq.). He has waxed friendly with his neighbor to the southward beyond the Khyber Pass—Lis Britannic Majesty's colonial government in India. Thus the British have been far happier than when plump Amanullah reigned, taking millions in gifts from them but making the Russians his closest economic allies. Far, far happier are they than during the subsequent brief reign of Bandit-King Bacha Sakao, whom Nadir had hanged and slowly...