The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-09

THb FALL OF FKH1vA.-There seems 70
be no sufficient reason any longer to
doubt the fall OF Khiva. Indeed. the
Fexpedition WAS 80 admirably planned, 40
iuily equipped aud provided against dis
aster, that it was scarcely possible in the
nature sf things that it should not sue.
ceed. No less thun fvs or six columns,
each sufficiently strong to defeat the
forces OF the. Khan. starting from as
many different points, made success Ger.
tain from the beginning. It was scarcely
possible that two or three should not
reach the Anu, and about the same time.
Each, in its advance. served as a flank
ing column for the other, and each pre.
vented cooperative movement on the
part OF the enemy. The Turcomans,
assahed III all quarters ut once. found
themselves under the necessity Of pro-
viding each for his own safety. either by
timely submission or removal. The co.
lumns converged, and Khiva, assailed by
vastly superior forces on every side, fell.
Since the capture Of Khivs, the Gear, it
IS said, has again given England the
most unequivocal assurance, that SO soon
as the Khan is sufficiently humbled.
RUSSIAN occupation of the Khanate shall
cease. Should the voluntary pledge OF
Count Schcuvalof, reiterated now by the
Car, be kept in good faith. it vii! in all
prooaolllty prevent Central Asian COM
p!!catlons ce.ween Russia and England
| for some time to come. But it is not in
tue nature OF things that au aggressive
power like Russia should not look for.
ward to the ultimate absorption, not
only OF kaiva, but of all the iuteriacent
territory to the upper Oxus and tie At
treck. The last government map of
Central Asia, prepared by Russian geo.
graphers and madc from actual SURVEYS
by Russian officers, carries the Southern
frontier OF Russian Turkestan from the
Caspian Eastward along the Attreck, and
still further East extends the boundary
along the ridge of the Than Shan
FOUNTAINS, so as to include Khokand
Husslans are already familiar with the
idea, that all this. II not now nu integral
part OF Russian territory, soon will be.
1t IS equally certain that public opinion
IN England. and especially in India, will
force such pressure upon the Govern
mcnt OF the day, however pacific. that it
cannot quietly look on and see the Mus
covlte advance to the Persian and Aft
CHAN frontier. without protest and pos
s'bly collision. The Shah is fully alive
to the danger that menaces his domi-
AA'oAASi "uo Al oitcnuJ tahIuS measures 10
secure the aid OF Western allies agains.
his dreaded neighbor. Shere Ali has al.
ready secured the coperation of England
in defining his boundaries on the O5us
and on tho Seistau frontier. Iu High
Tartnry. Y4rkand and Kashgar, tho In
dia Office has already entered the lists
with Russia in diplomacy. at the earnest
solititation OF the Aluligh Ghazce. All
these indications show mutual listrust in
the present. while they point to armed
intervention in the future. Should
Rassia eyacnate, her work will, unless
she reduce khiva to nominal depend
ency, like Khoksnd and Bokhara, be to
do over again at no distant day, for the
experience of all European powers in
deiling with native Asiatic princes is,
that with them policy is not under.
stood which relinquishes a conquest
when once made. England in India, the
Dutch in Sumatra and Java, as we'll as
Russia herself, furnish abundant illus.
trations. Whether she formally annex
or leave nominally independent, Russian
inhaence will henceforth be paramount
in the khanate Of Khiva.
Louisville Courier Jou,uu!
THE FRENCH FIGHTING EDITOR. The