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

THH FALL OF KHIvA.-There seems to
be no sufficient reason any longer to
doubt the fall OF Khiva. Indeed. the
expedition WAS so admirably planned, so
fully equipped aud provided against dis
aster, that it was scarcely possible in the
nature If things that it should not sue.
ceed. No less thau fva 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. Il Was scarcely
possible that two or three should not
reach the Anu, and about the same time.
Each, in it's 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 at once, found
themselves under the necessity Of pro.
vlding 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
ls said, has again given England the
most unequivocal assurance, that so soon
a. the Khan is sufficiently hnmbled,
Russian occupation Of the khanate shall
oAou'o VIZ bOlVUtSTG HlCuR6 OF
Count Schouvalof, reiterated now by the
Car, be kept in good faith. it will in all
probability prevent Central Asian com.
pilcations between Russia and England
Tor some time to come. But it is not in
the nature of things that au aggressi ve
power like Russia should not look for
ward to the ultimate absorption, not
only OF khiva, but Of all the iuteriacent
territory to the upper O1us and the At
treck. Tie last government map of
Central Asia, prepared by Russian geo.
graphers aud made 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
Mountains, 80 Is to include Khokand.
Russians are already familiar with the
idea, that all this. If not now Ill 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 il
cannot quietly look OH aud see the Nus
covite advance to the Persian and Aft
CHAN frontier, without protest and pos
albly collision. The Shah is fully alive
TO the danger that menaces his domi-
mons, and ia already taking measures to
secure the aid OF Western allies aeains.
his dreaded neighbor. Shere Ali has al.
ready secured the cooperation Of England
in defining his boundaries on the O1us
and Oh tho Seistau frontier Iu High
Iartary, Isrkand and Kash2sr, the In
dia Office has already entered the lists
with Russia in diplomacy. at the earnest
solicitation Of the Alnligh Ghazrc. All
these indications show mutual dstrust in
the present. while they point to armed
intervention in the future. e. Duid
Rassia evacnate, her work will, L.. less
she reduce Khiva to nominal depend
ency. like Khoksnd and Bokharr be tc
do over again at no distant day, for the
experience of all European powers in
dealing 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
iufaence will henceforth be paramount
in the khanate OF Khiva.
Louisville Courier Journal.