, 1877-05-24

alittes. 70 fully understand Lie Importance OF
an alliance between Enk1and md Turktstan Mt
this conjunctnrc, brief skctta may be 1ivcn Of
tho extraordinary career OF fako3b Beg, who
h. k1sr Il ssF Tr%an sGs neP'l' termed "'"' Trooper
Tit within a few years Turkistan was IN ab.
solntcfy nnc1plorca country, whose history,
traditions. natoual life, and industrial resources
were unknown to Americans or Europeans The
and petty nntlonal!ttcs Of tho Eastt anl its
"Trooper Ktng,n man educated only IN tlo
arts Of war and Oriental diplomacy, H. destined
G sy g1ent pats " rar1r the syssffng 4fg s1ns Was
under the domination Of China. and within the
last 100 years Il has passed through series OF
revolutions, having at last successfully afscrteu
power. within tic past lew weeks thcro
tavc been runners of further attempts on
the part Of tic Chinese to recover the cufli,-
lave been nia1c on The frontier, and Yakop,
Ncv IL, through tho diplomatic agency Of his
accomplished ncpGew. csstfnG about tor Euro
rcan alliances which might ssrcn1then his ppsi
great effort 10 throw OF the Chincsc yoke COM
incnccd In 1914, when the ToorGuncse ross In
rcvot pluniercl the Chinese merchants nt
iarkund, and n'assaercd over dD people:
was regularly bescge1. Tho incidents Of Tho
siege arc at tho most sensational character anil
cycai ~ tllc annals Of Orlental warfare have no
parallel: The Chinese, after 2 ssrets stFaoelc.
but to eapitutnte. self-sacriticc to them was
preferable 10 tltshonor and certain Heath after
ward. By concert the whole garrison
assembled ft. II IT,. the vicinity Of t0 cen
literally blew themselves into fragments. This
was The beginning Of tic end of Chinese rulo In
Furkistan; but m tntcrrcEnum OF ANARCHY had
10 I've endured before stabe Government was
frpfrn 1ntf I'm nr7Iz fttuf
ers Of tho "rrbcl" forces. IIoobc- E@oolat,, n
feeble old man, tho then Khan Of Khokand,
dispatched DoozoorF Khan, ono ot tho Kloji
family. to "try his luck" II establishing set:
BY the present ruler. who ngtcl IN tho capacity
Of t}cnerals Az uovcnor Of Ak Afusjtl, lle l,ad
displayed singular vator aud gFcnt abilities as
strategic General. AZ kashgar the nrtcstly de-
stcntiant Of tho former rulers ut Turktstnn md
bis more bril1laLt and popular Gcncral.lll'Chief
were most enthusiastically received. Tho former
fell !nto atroetously dlssoluto habits anu dis.
grace, while fakoob beg vigorously restored
which few liad hitherto given him credit, raised
himself to be the first man In tho country. by,
lncans OF dcecttful tntrtguo be annexed Kh6-
tutu. drorc tho enfeeb'cd Hooocc-llooltah from
power, restored peace at Yarkund, Aksoo,
Oosi', Toorfap, Koocl,or. and in nil the other
disturbed towns. III the following ycar, 1858,
ho male lass,tng attack on the mountain can.
ton Of sir,lKol, at tho foot OF tho rans
s;"yer,,ncnt: IN is7il.7i bo wa. y,o1n,,sy nm. mo
n,nrnfi in s1,rnrnssf,,r tha rrheliimrs Tn3rTon,
ccsc, who Ind lccn incnaeinE tbs Town nf
Aks0o; IN 1S12 1lq Ind finally succeeded in pae
At this icet, or for a timo silcut, ThIs warrior
Ein.' VIII san nr,thcr rad mr. s,r,tc T.. ,"vrr.
thclcss great ruler, md as an nlly of England
could seriously, menace tho Russian advanced
~ s pc. r. ednS iS ,gt sa Gese ~ rn,
asi1s,inist:r. i"sttrn viii ai,nnst tarh"Tou. % 49,
snr;s ey an ~ Iets a,hn % fr"tortnr a',i cba. 'g
,,i"n NJ thn Eo,tH Il itrcs a sctf.icrtr1 1ifo IL
pna sIoI.hc,I J t"mnorarv nsnyric"s. xi,IcI. 1aI
hem fnr ",,"s nrrnftteti ,,trr t:i,incar nj" mi
%.,rshirSrs s aro y rsyuiarIy wl,nned ntn t',o
mnxni,ee in lie tnorninns and cyoninas. tr,fimr
~" s"rv IN. NJ ifx 1,Im IN" f,,1Iows ,yaa rnr"iv
nmr+v II IL III tnnf,,iors fhcft is ,,nnse ~,
and ,rac '1 "a Ga,'rta,mv ~ n ap ,p,i1ao
sx,rnt1 liz ,,et,,,In nre hcninf,ir fo ann,nrtato
the h,csa,n"s n 4 aetIird fnI,n n gnTrrnm~,,t
,sIirl, im1 th2 "ves ~ i,ricrtaf. IL
Stes uS e npr Fhs chnc,e tioyepns, sa In. ,e,, an
srvsro nstn aims thre.tenc,] tn 'cnn. lin ~, nn,' nj
lin l,as l,rci, nnrticunrly careful to stremrtlIen
thc f.,rttce' citics and ,ss.rs on ttc frntiet nj.
1 n yI., v VIII nj te DeGl to fanatn sta si II
surl, s,rn,c in,icnsn.jcut noton rr;"n.1Iv ="
e;raat nrits i,m.s,"n tni,,cmrn mn,v nnt.;1n.is d
e,stw6rI 70 khn1snntl. northwnst nj Turkiston
and and The be- cncroachmcnt ID viewed with vt a. anyt6i,s ]
gaili,s tn lin lint us.stn st]iI
~ LILY ~ fhna nn.t ~, r. III kan',.nc",nan,
nf ti,e nrtsr,,t rsis rctt ,ttnonnttc
rn,in,, viii Inn 'Ttrkis,an r,ftsr wns ti"cli",s,
hv t,u.sia. WIe,1 fhn ntx:o,nnlfshri YuEooh
tho " SESSIONS Of tie now famous Conference. hS
| was alternately fctct! By the Portu anA bv tho
RUSSIAN Atibae sulor, ten. lg1lAttrlf. The lnt.
ter prcsaa iiln 70 vsit y; Petersburg, hut thia