, 1877-05-24

this conjuncturc, brief skeli:, nav be given Of
tho extraordinary career Of fako1b Beg, who
h. ksr Il f*H 3sl:,an H. sp''' termed "te Trooper
TIL within n few years Turkt.san was an alb.
solntcly nncxpfarcu country, whose history,
traditions. national life, and industrial resources
were eunknownio Americana or Europeans. Tho
country !. now notatle member q the great
and petty natsanatLtfcs of the East, and tts
"Irooptr Ktng,n mht educated only 1n The
.rts of war and Oriental diplomacy Is destined
e tG g'ent c RnF in s REn sss was
under The lomnatlon Of China, and within the
last l00 rcars It has passed through series u
revolutions, having at last successfully asserted
10 DC governed BY despot q unlimited
power. Within tile past lew weeks there
have hcen ruu,ors Of further attempts On
the part Of the Chinese to recover the coun-
lave been nia,tc on tllc frontier, and fakoo,
leg II, through tho diplomatic agency Of Ills
accomplished nephew, Wasting abont Tor Euro
rean alliances which might STRENGTHEN his post.
great effort to thruw of the Chinese yoke cuu,.
,ncnccd In 18t4, when The TuorGuHcso ros0 II,
revolt pfnn.iercl the Chinese merchants nf
YaFkund, anA massatrcl over 400 people.
was regularly brstcgcd. The incidents Of ,thc
siege Ara Of ftc most sensational character, anil
cvc..in the annals Of Oriental warfare have no
parallel; Thc Chinese, after q sescre stru9elc.
Int to cnpitulatc. sclf-sacrincc to them was
preferable to dlshonos and certain death after
ward. Dy concert tho whole garrison
~ sssfmSaa aff 1e H. t9 vicinity "f te cen
literally blew themselves Into Fragments. This
was the beginning Of The end Of Chinese rule Ia
Tntktstan; but m intetregnum Of anarchy had
TO bc endured before stable Government was
formed. To strengthen the hands ot tic 1cad-
ers Of tho "rcbel" forces, lIoobc-noollah,
feeble old man, tho then Kllnn OF Khpkand,
l'spatched DoozoorF Khan, one OF tho kloIa
family, to "tEy bis luck" n establishing sct..
BY tho present ruler. who acted IN tho cauaclty
Of q Generals is Governor of Ak Slus1tt, fle t,ad
displayed singular vator and Ercat abilities rs a
strategic General: A. kashgar thc prtcstly dc;
hs moro brilliaLt anu popular Gcncral-in- Chief
were most enthusiastically received. Tho former
fell fnto atrocfously l!ssuluto habits and Ills
grace, while fakoob beg vigorously restored
which few Ind hitherto gsycn him credit, raiscd
himself to be the frat man tt, tho country. By,
means Of 0eceitful intrigue he annexed Kh0-
t.lm, drove tho enfecbled lloobcc- -Boolial, from
Josh. Tourtan, Koochor, and in all tllc other
disturbed towns. TT tllo following year, 1868,
lo malo tashtng attack on the mountain cat.
ION Of sir.tkos, at tho foot OF the pamir
Stcppes; fs,j9 l,c devoted to strengthening h,s
0oVerts.ncnt; in 1901 ftc was vigorously cu1-
ploycd tn suppresslng tho rcbellions Toorgan-
ccsc, WHO had lEcn 1ncnacEig thu Town of
Aksoo; in 1871 hq had finally succeeded In plac.
Tn~ gS c Ut ,u notet to 1"a MEN, o rt I'M "assoF
ti'"lss n rrcnt ,,,irr ami 80 a, e,iw - i; rnH1,E,1
co,,la sefiolsiy mcnace In H,sainn o.ivancc'
suzerainsy, rules Ills people with n rod Of irou,
~sritv ",,ts,,erss t-o'c H..
rn,r9e nn,I y. Es1ts = thn ~ rhae
rnn ~ thc tTa,t' i l;vcs scti.iM,rir~ n Iifo
has si,o.hei ~ t"nnn,oTv n,arrtens ss'tci, ,,n9 9
wcro tc srrn ~ ,rrsat aataa aan
worshi,,crs s1c rryninr1v wi,,nona irtn snta ~
n.nmps 4, tl.s ,ncrntn,: o,s nYin.,s ,-., e
Tsn.n" nro ,,,rishaJ ,vt,, 'ioa.;, al aas .ais
th s"riv ovs ~ H. nj" tha M tvao
cmnty.H IL III. tinmInIons ihcft % f. .,most ,ny
rxtcnI Ihe nsnn,n nrs. hcHinnr ~. ~ r. a"hrnt;n,o
ttc h,rsxnrs II scti1rd f,r.r - 1crrrr,n,e
,.,,t,,, ~ a,as ~ " ,;net
i,v m moan. nnnrcssiyc Yotoo,, H.. "n.,ai
no.cs tlat,t1r fhc Ehtrc.e f;nscrncn, iaas ~,
sryerl occa.ons threatened % to eno.o hi ,,'s MI u1
Ia 1artite cltas sn ..aa on t,e m frotier n.'a
tnnn.r Ghlno n the ~tkor honH I,u..so ,a,, a.@
III viv ,.ti, int;fr..r..pec ~ f,,,,,'Yst. e
s,,n,, stres,r ,.,';nnor.i"t -" '',,,. ti""" ~
1;reat RritaIm iiu.stnn inif,cmrn ,1r nrt,;y,s ~
eastward ta Ktni,arsi. noriwsst ~ ~ TnrEistn,,
hnt c,,aalnlItv ly te Ato,;lk i:ho%rsl 1 II aias
naiitnr n lin HIM H",sin Iii r"~%r'I. TnrLitt
~ n.t ~ ~ fhi,,e asi ,t,, - ~.
" " III ,ros"nt tts ,Ira,t dfies'n ~ '.
sutfnn viii, tbn T,,r:t.,on rri.r .xrs 'cifans
Nv ls,,,sin' Wbrn. lin n,s.tn,nifslcJ T@Lno,.
lis SESSIONS oi Ii. now faInn,,s Gonfprc,rr T.;
waa alternately fctctl By the Porte and by tho
Russian !nbatsItior, GcE. 1gnnttel{. Tho Int
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