many of the large number of refugees from turkestan who are hostile to the soviet government rally to the flag of enver pasha when on behalf of the bokhara government he makes war on russia. but the successes of the russian arms soon cause a marked change of sentiment in afghanistan. on june 17 there appears in the "ittihad-i-mashriqi" of jalalabad an obviously inspired article strongly disapproving of the anti-bolshevik insurrection in turkestan and advocating relations of disinterested friendship all round. this policy is energetically pursued by mohammad wali khan, who in july, on his return from his world diplomatic mission, becomes foreign minister in succession to sardar mahmud beg tarzi. on august 15 he issues a statement that he regards the disturbances in bokhara as a purely internal affair, the russo-afghan treaty of last year having agreed to recognize the independence of bokhara and khiva.