The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-27
LIST or AMERICANS
Registered ct the bankisg ofhce OF Livingss
The Russian March to Khiva.

The assemble Naionals thus seeks to ull the apprehen
sions which have been excited By the advance Of Ras
sian corps towards the Indian frontier
AL The French and Epsish journals have successfully
reproduced the news OF the taking OF Khvs by tho Rxs
Consequence Of the present of the relations bet
England and Russis, asd some persons have already
farcisd that they see Russian army arrived ct KhvA
to march on English India. Things have not come to
this point; it appears to us at least very doubtful
that the Russians established al KhivA. II Is
to us; but Il it had bsen true, We should have
received 1t before 1t coa,d have gone TO HrAdos.an
and back to WHAT Is Khiya, that the English
= India and Europe place euoh Importance In knowing
In whose hands it Is? In Itself, khiva 10 . poor town
Of about 10 COO inhabitants and the country Of shoh
IL ia the capital contains at the utmost million. II Is
situated the south of the lake OF Aral The In
habtants Of the KhsnA Of Khivs of rurcoan rAos
by their nature always At war with their neshbors for
they scarcely 1.-Two otherwise than by pl!age. The Rus
slams have in ali times, Suffered from tnei incu sions.
Under Peter the Great they made attempt to tubet
Them but it did not succeed. Another expedition sent
agsinst them recently, In 1919 had
The circumstances sufficiently singular to De
serve TO be mentioned The Russians went 30 KhivA by
the steppe which separates the Caspian Sea from Lake
Aral IL 10 country OF saniy soil 10 which the heat
In Attsns the taMe eegrse in the Sahara OF
Africa and in which account Of the great he ght the
cold winter Gual to that OF Siberia Potable fater
almost completely falls It wAa believed that Hnow could
be made substitute for water. and accordingly the
expedition undertaken 10 winter. but the GOLD ths
Thermometer dessepc ed to IS deg ceuhsrede) was NOS
less fatal to the Russians than turst would have bsen
and after having sustained considerable loss, they
forced 10 abandon their attempt II appears tho they
have this year executed one since they have pos
sesed Of the for ess OF Achusbzet Tie %
son OF this indicates that this time the expe
oion took place to the east Of Lake Afsl We have
cuer Information. Steamers, drawing little water are
said 70 have bean sent ST. Peters burg and W have
arrived by rivers In the interior Of the empire and the
yolga in the Cspan Sea- from whence they sent TO
Lake Aa BY rivers long blocked With -snd but which
sand been removed rhe Russians yes.es
which navigate Lake ArA and are thu. doubly In po
stion to march when they peA,s on KhivA which, dc
prisd Of It's rsmrar.s OF deserts, viii be incapable OF
opposing efoieious resistance It Is th, perspective
Of the occupation OF KhivA by the Russians which dis
quets the English Is from that and the ,tj,cen.
countries inyssions OF Indis made BY Alexander
the Great, Tsr1erisne and Nsdr Shah. Bat the differ
great between the dquietude caused BY prudent
established ct Khiva with the Design stacking ncis,
and had they terminated Gil their prepxi atoms they
Eat In following the road which tbs English General
Eyans indicates in his Designs OF auasa a. the eAses
ascend ths D boup t0Sus OF the ancea) TO AAk crosA
the chain Of the Hin aouko ch which lads TO Cabu and
from thence proceed to Peshawur from which two roAds
lead TO tie ndrs.he f,st to Attock, the other t,
Koubgeo According TO The itinerary whiah We h,rs
Just Indicated the Russisn army would have lse0 klo-
etrgs raore than leo English miles, 70 before
arriving the Indus and when hid croesed that river
4 would ATM not be on British soil We have nh spokea
OF the material obstacles which would have TO be
mounted. Thus, geographically speaking, English iada
stln very distant from the military snter prss OF Rus
politically speaking, these enterprises do not sppssr
At hard We csunot adopt the opinion Of the
srsish General uulrt de Bonserra who considers the
Ths opinion appears 70 us formally contrsicssd By his-
tory but believe that Russia although called on By
the nature Of things 70 attempt this Invasion In frtnr
cannot think o. ~ present. unless abe be strongly sni
oh tinAely provoked We viii appeal on this point 70 "
authority OF the celebrated Sir bn Nal ,olm, who, in
pat addressed in 1880 the East India Company, said
at iposs BILE 10 believe that the sour Of s. Peters
burg wiss TO pursue any speculation or any hassrdou,
plan OF AygrsDGisment In the east as 10 wo1d bs icoa
panied With meney dangers for ii1ness indeed you
excite IL by . vsxstious and Irritating policy No
win nd the OF the word sAS employed
here by the English writer; IL evident that hs oay
wished 10 speak Of Asia and Of India We win say moth
irs this subject which circumstances sil
doubt force to What precec Ia 70
cause be undertook the emotion hich the least
msnt ade By Russia IN Aria excies both In India and
Highland. 10 this We Join the observation made Sons
days sgo By Gernisn journalist namely that the trade
Of Tsbisord Is almost entirely In tbs hania OF the Eng
Lab, that Il has importance not less than so 900 soof
year. that s BY that port that Engsh goods are SEN
TO PIPER Asia, and that ms hostility ef Persia An1
sa threatens 10 close the port-po viii DO Asoohnce
At the passionate interest which the English public rS
In the difference ca the Bosphoxus and In the BLACK osA
The DueIs at Madrid.
litter from Paris In ths Independence, OF bruseeA
Dated Wednesday, 18th ult, sAys -
] hesitate to mention . report Which, Aunoust
guaranteed To me in the most positive manner, hs
AAetsr strangely and sadly dramatic that ose vou
DO more tempted sscribe II 70 The OF news
nongers than 10 the chance OF events. IL has beei
for days past that the Dose AleA annoye