The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-10

were sui u kheir way, AUo no Gus lSss
10 account for or TO paliiats the delay ~och had
occurred In despatchiDg ib<m. The moment vas
therefore highly crtica. fos the enemy was at his
strongest point; the allied armies reduced by cas-
rates, sickness and fstgue we're az ttelr weakest;
snd even Our position in tie Valley Of Baaklaya
bad been turned by the Russian forces. roanks,
however, tothe undaunted vaor and Toe unfl uching
tenacity OF the allied troops, the mighty wave OF
armed men whis dashed Sganss toe heiShts above
the Tcherraya bsose upon our position In vain.
The enemy was driven back with a loss Tar more
terrible than our owp. 10 all probability he VIII
have neither TIE strength dor the inclination I, Ne
new sach an attack immediately, aoo before many
dsys are past hopet 20 learn thai n 50 bait Lions
Of both the allied MES have manned those heighs,
ard Tat the next general act on they are called
upon 10 fight may decide the fate Of Sebastopo an
the Issue of The campaign.
INTRIGUES OF THE GEAR IN BRITISH
INDIA.
from the London Times, Nov. 70
The letter Of our Bon bay corr sspondent, which we
published ON Satur day. will have spprised read
ers that cobjuncture at which Russia is reduced
to tine det,ps on her own territory, has been
chosen for revivleg the obsolete alarm about the
Invasion and subsection OF British inaa oy the ar.
niles Of the Car. On the pre- sent occasion the
story is sonewlat more cireuIn- tantal titan usual
Russian force, IS 1t IL called has, according to
these accounts penetrated through tee Kingdom Of
Bokhara to the oomirions of Kokan, where il has
established itself ard whence, as s.paars 10 be sug
gesied it viii men the north frontier OF
cur Eastern possessions. Ire Usbeek rsrters. IL is
added, have been unable TO mshe head against these
in1rudsrs and the Shawzsda q. e., The Prince OF
Wales or DauphiD) OF kokan los arrived at Pesh-
awur 10 solicit The aid Of the Brish government.
Such Is tire last ia diligence from Central Asia, and
snc4 tbe compile xion attributed 70 Russian policy
in The East
On more tbor ore occasion in former tines have
We endeavored 10 convince the aublic Of the utter
emptiness and talsy Of ali these alarDs bnt the
suite nav Re regarded Wit, more than usual
spXiety just at tins moment we will onse more
Place il IL . clear and popular light be-
lore th5 eyes OF the reader rbs British
tmpite and The RuxiSn empire, botn being
Asia'ic as ell as European Powers, were usually
presumed % be IL p' sito5s Of mutoai aatagonsm,
aud a,e poS actually 8 war L. may be supposed,
therefore, wi,h ut much isk Of error, thar rne in
lrigres ct orc would he directed agadst the in
fneLc6 or dominion Of thu ot1er. Now, how are
these two empires situated, and where are their
respective froniiersi The Russian froBicr in thil
Cir elton Is iolDsd b. the shores vi the Caspian
Sea. the British by the mountain range on She right
bank o. the nous. These are the frontiers of the
iiya Powers; ana what lies between them? The
steppes and bls U independent fattary and Of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of vast extent, without
roads, traffic, national wealth, or any organized
COVE pment, Inhabited by scanty, though savage
population. and resembling deserts rather thar the
territories OF civ ized States. The argument OF the
alaSmist IL that, by some means or Other, Russia
may gradual, work her way through t1e.e inter-
mediate countries, and tbr aten our bdiln empire.
III IL GEAR thl5 !Oau just
as open TO Us SIS TO her and cannot possibly be any
more available for her purposes toaa tor ours. If
she can advance from The Caspian, We can advance
from the IIdus; il she could assail in this man
rer, we coul3 play the very same game.
We nov, therefore. bring his question to issue,
by asking ony sensible leieer to consider what
would be hi opinion II be heard that the Brtlsb
government proposed attacking Russia by way of
Csbul ara Tattary, and that in the execution of
srch scheme Bsirsa force" was already at
Bokbara! He would at once conclude tbat either
tire government ~hich devised the scheme, or the
joaInoliss who announced it, had gone mad. We did
Oh ce resolve upon The INVASION of Aghanstan; but,
trough We vh6icAfad the honor OF our arms, we
were well enough pleased to get back again. As
to Boshaia, though two British of ;ers were
thought to he confined there, and though the
greatest eeti,e was felt 70 rescue them we did not
so much as attempt 10 reach The place by any
military force, but contehted ourselves with com
mssionirg adventurous traveller to discover
them. Yet both Bokhara and kokaI ara nearer to
US By Tar than they are ~ Russia; IN fact they
only some 500 miles fIom station Of Pesaa vur,
where We have NJ this moment stronger force
than that wi which we are Eighth the battles OF
Europe in the CrIaea. u, indeed, Central Asia
conld b. thus alt with at all. the faculties az
c"Dmal are lar gTeStert IN III AT t ! command
NJ the Gar. VIZ really ba 70 peIerrlsed step by
step, towsr1s these Tartar countries a, d, what is
Uore, we have % We prooeed-d ta9ronghy con.
sofd,t-d orr common. lbe Pupiab Is as truly
and efectna'ly y Biiti>h Pruv,Oca as Bengal
whereas The post % o' Russia ip Dtchestan and
Georgia IS 50 contested anu proc trious that, rs
Rave seen. she can sea- cely make head against
even The Ottomans Of Armenia, and has never yel
snhored the mouDtainee,s OF the Caucasus. IL
eithe- power could invade Tart>rp 20 any purpose
It would he ourselves Ia'h her tn IN Russo. Tor our
rsouTct are more TX sns'vs better OI ganZrd, aud
coetrtO the scene Of ac,igb. On what ground, we
shon6 ike to hea-. is il ever TO be believed that the
Gar, who has barely succeeded by two months of
desperate efforts IL forwarding thirty or 'orty
Thousand n en- to the protectoa OF his own strong
bold In the Crmea, could send across the Caucasus
across the Caspian, across the deserts OF Tartars,
and through the passes Of Cabul army suff
Gle nfjy strong to cope at tie emf Of its marches
with the forces OF British India
But what. then, IL viii he asked, is meant by the
circumstan.ial account Of "Russian tolcs actually
present in K0kan? Probably this: that some paT-
ticular tribe or tribes Of native narandefs have
been assisted by Russian emsssries in their attacks
upon other tribes perhaps taken into Russian nay
possibly even command d in tire name Of the En-
peror Nicholas. Hall IL zen cavalry officers de-
ssaicheo from Poshawur coul3 in six months time
muster "Brtiqh forcs" Of eqnsl respa liability at
the same spot IL fact, as the account states, we
have b. en- actually imrofrnced 10 take some such
step. In country where everybody is poor, ig-
DOfant and quarrelsOmc, distribution OF arms an1
money always coolest followers and create dis
tDrbaDce; bat TO suppose tnat SUI h gatherings
could import any Danger to a powerful empire is
utterly absurd. Even ii TIE emissaries Of the Car
obtained the utuos. measure of success imaginable,
they could but oomoiLe the hOrdes OF rartsry
against the government OF India, which would
be somettir like combining the Esquimaux tribes
against the government OF Russia. We coul not
conquer Taitay, because il presents tangible
point OF attack a1d because our finest army would
but perish in It's deserts. We could not probably,
with ali our forces. conquer that fSeabootug chief
who is calico the King of Bokhara; but if the king
Of Bolhara advanced with his whole strength
against British station, he could be repused by
company OF Sepoys. Toe strongest people OF Cen
tIal Asia are the Afghans. but all the power OF TIE
Afg was found insufficient to prevail against
two weak British garrisons isolated and beleagured
In the heart OF their country. One point, howey ar
enid all these ca, navons must he undenably clear.
II toe intreues VI Russia are indie ed to he dreaded
either In Persia ~ Tartary, il Is in The Crmes and
there on y. that tie check be efecus'y applied.
II centre aid source Of all tins aggressive power
u in that very fortress whica are now oesegmg.
10 Is from Sebast pol that oil these terrors have
been disseminated which are said 20 be felt in the
very heart Of Asia, aud With Sebastopol will they
e fall and vanish. When the Black Sea is no longer
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