New-York tribune., 1873-06-14

This was decisive. IL might have been possible for
The Daily Telegraph to convince the public as IL tried TO
do, that there nothing remarkable m one coinc
dence but not its readers and disciples could
be expected to swallow two of them. There was but one
resolution to take and The Daily Telegraph took 1t
promptly. IT proves that 1t has a correspondent by
throwing him over The publicdemanded a victim, and
The Telegraph tosses them Mr. David Ker. To de-
that the scapegOat is Of flesh and blood and
not man OF straw-liko the lay figure who takes
fatal plunge from theatrical precipce-hs biography
is given. He is graduate Of oxford, took such and
such hOnors, afterward St. Petersburg correspond
ent Of London paper, and-whch IL more 10 the point
did actually set out for-Khva, was going to say,
but that is than The Telegraph ventures TO assert
IL viii be sufficiently accurate to say he set out toward
Khiva. That journal explains:
Commissioned and equipped by The Daily Telegraph,
without restriction as 10 outlay he started from Moscow
Asrakhan, but learned before arriving at hat point
that he could not carry out our orders TINS direction
lie therefore dverged by way OF the Crmea 10 Pot ana
n1is, and received from him on Thursday evening
last map of the Russian march, which map had passed
throughout, have from the places described IN
them, whatever is to be said about their contents
What The Telegraph itself says about their contents
noy says-nay well be quoted also:
We have been deceived by person whom we had
good reason trust and have been made the victim O
piece OF literary dishonesty to which every journal AT
all times hes open. THIS second instance OI unme-
taxable selfrepetilOn furnishes new aud uuWccOne
explanation OF the first Taken tOgether-and there
may well be others fOrthCOmng-they prove that our
correspondent has worked up old matter, which We
cOuldnUt know Of into his otherwise genuine cOmlnunl
cations the consequence that his letters are no
longer be trusted In TINS or any other particular
While the coincidence might be tho unconscious redu-
pcatOn OF typical scene, we suggested hat e&pana-
tOn The passage cited by The Hour forbids, however
such charitable construction. Our correspondent
has committed Ofense against the public, against the
morality OF composition, aud against Oureeyes-dn Of
fenge which he must for Meantime, we rely no
longer upon anything which he send u.s. and as the
Immediate OF tins second exposure OF his conduct
we shall discontinue the publication Ot his letters.
The result then OF the Khiyan enterprise Of The Daily
TeegrdDh in which there and is no failure" Is
one unconGrmed dispatch announcing the Fan Of Rhiva
and series OF letters not newsetters, and-t Is The
Teleqraph which SO describes them-not TO be trusted
in any particular The Telegraph has an honorable repu
taton for zeal in procuring news spends money Law
ishly land makes some mistakes But II has at times
seemed less scrupuOus than most English papers about
perfect accuracy, perhaps should say, has scruti
uzed with too little vigilance the sources OF some OF M
Intelligence. IL has learned lesson which will b'
useful il il teaches conductors that the English pub
lie Is an exactng in such matters that IL, demand
something more from them than good faith and an ab
sence Of suspicion and brilliant successes are dear
ly purchased at the price Of such mshap as tins
Ehya business.