Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-22

In England.
LONDON, November 2l.-The disratch
published By the government fr IN Lord C.anbrook,
SECRETARY Of state Tor india to Lord Lytton, is an in
mHisration and defense of the policy OF the present
government II says the consistent aim OF the
British government during series of years has teen
70 establish, on rs northwestern border strong,
u, Lon with those OF the Irdian gov ernment ana
ready TO act in certain eyertuaIes as an auxiliary
In the protection of the frontier from foreign in
object Of The British government would be best
obtain by winning the friendship and alliance
OF Shere All ana his people by a ffie5dl recognition
OF the * sting order of this gs and the policy of
distant fIom the bsriers of tine Afghanlstan
ldhis 10 dships attorney attached special impor
lance TO the probability and danger of the growth of
the former power In the direction OF India which they
considered would in any be restrained or rem
red inuOcuOus by the friendly understanding the
subject between the RUSSIAN and English cabinets,
early In 1859 friendly negotiations were int
tiated at st Petersburg which terminated in a very
DIS met understanding, and IL the recognition by
the cars government OF the limits OF the ameerS
territories 10 complete accord with The wishes of
SheIe Ali ard the British government. The capture
1873, Bnd the total subordinat on OF that Khanate
TO Russia, caused Shere All considerable alarm, and
reference TO Aighanistan VII CHI had been given by
ths car 10 England, and communicated by England
assure the ameeT taat under ce tain conditions
the government OF India would assist him
maieSt'5 government at home did not share
his Eighuess's apprehension, and the vl.erog
ultimately informed the ameer that the discussion OF
the question would be best postponed TO more
convenient season. The effect of this announce
ment on hIs highnesS, although conveyed in con-
ciiatory Language. was not favorable. The p5licy
Wn'ch dc-a'eu IL was untntelHgtb!e TO his mind,
AMI he received t with feelings of chagTin and dis
appointment. Sis reply was couched m terms OF
ill-dlsgulsed sarcasm. He took no notice of this
vceroy's proposal to deputs British officer to
anime the northern frontier OF Afghanistan. He
subsequently refused permission To SIR Douglass
Cabul. He lett untouched gift of money lodged to
his credit, and generally assumed toward it an at
u;ude OF sulien reserve. Such was the position OF
affairs when her majeSj'S present advisors
assumed Office TIE maintenance of AfghanIstan
as strongly friendly power had at al times been
Ia attaining that Object had not met with the sue
cess that Tds desirable Its accomplishment was,
had 10" to be considered with refeenc to the rapid
mdTch OF events IN IufKlstan. her ma1eStyS GOV
eInneIt could not view with indifference the prob
abe influence of those events upon the character of
an lslatic prince whose dominions were thereby
brought within steadily narrowing circles between
two great military empires, and although nO imme-
dlae danger Appeared to threaten British interests
ON the frontier OF Atghanstan the situation In Cen
tral Asia had become sufficiently grave sugge [ the
necessity OF ttmsly nrecaution, Her majestys fOv-
eminent considered that the first step nee ssary
the improvement of their relations with
tie 4neer himself. cense9uen ly - when
instructed to offer the ameeT the prot con he pre-
viOusly solicited, namely, SUBSTANTIAL pecuniary aid
mate ai support agait st unproyOked foreign sglTes
SIGN Is cOGditonally upon tho amear'S allowing
British agents to have access to positions in his ter
rtory, except Cabul where they could acquire trust
tiny Intelligence Of events likely tC threaten the
Tranquility ald lGcep -ndence OF Aighanlstan. such
access was necessary as a substantial proof of the
unity OF tie ameer's interests with those OF Great
Britain rms aboTtiNe mission OF Colonel Sir Louis
Peiy is then narrated. and facts are BROUGHT out
that tae 4ie,s 70 the ameer were exceedingly liberal
aud the demands upon MN rot oppressive. But he
met both by a rehearsal CT grievances dating from
were terminated by the death of the ameer's envoy.
yet SheTe ALPS language and conduct had been so
inimical TO justify Lord Lyton in assuming that
his oYertures were practically rel 'cted The ameer
persisted In his unffeudly Isolation, and ultimately
having two years ago declined 20 receive British
envoy. even temporarily within his territory on the
ground that he could net guarantee his safety, and
Ginning TO receive the Russian mission he has vel
coined with every appearance OF ostentatlon an en-
time when there were indications that the fnterrup-
ton OF friendly relations betTeen this country and
hussla might De lnhihe6t IL lnese circumstances
your eXceleneY represented TO her maJesys govern
meut that policy in action could no longer be per-
sisted in, aud that the ameer's reception of the
der such circumstances, left him no further
excuse for d eDing to receive at his capital the
envoy from the British government. Your excel
lency ProptSsd d, therefore, to demand the reception
% mission to Cabul, headed BY an officer of rank,
In t-e 81! son OF General SIR Neville Chamberlain
whose name and i-n,,iy are held in high esteem by
the ameer. The dispatch goes on to say that the
sion was wholly without Justification. BE was aware
from various communications adore SEA to him by
your exge!encys predecessors that the Russian gov
eminent had given assurance to the government of
her majesty 10 regard his territory completely be-
yCRd lis sphere of action. He was equally aware
that the whole FOL cy of the British govern,
ment since his acce ssion to the throne had
teen to strengthen his LOWER and authority,
sion, ) Though the methods adopted for doi, so
nesS'S Own views hs had received from the
British government evidences Of good wi |, mani
tested BY laige gfts OF mOTey and arms as well as
efforts in obtaining from tn CZaf'S
65andafy, ag!eeab' z ID himself, bstWsen his kns-
dom AID the Eegaboring Khanates. HIS subjects
ths great bSreit OF iTaJe ana CONNIE ce of his
county, aud in no srg Instance has the ameer him
self any OF his people been tTel'e9 uDjuSy or In
ho5p.tabie within British Jurisdiction. By every
bond or international courtesy, as well as by the
ileasy engagement OF 1855 existing between the
Two Countries binding him TO be the friend Of our
fIiandS and the ency OF cur enemies the ameer
b, ind to line OF conduct reverse to that which he
adopted Her malesty's eovenment vas unwilling TO
accept the evaSve letter brought from Cabul by Nahab
,lholam Huss'an Kahn as Shere Ali's final answer
and deteF:u!ned o z We him short time for recon-
slider tIOn While therefore, her m3jeSty'S govern
ment Acknowledged az fully binding on them the
u edges given by Sir NeSille Chamb Rain 10 the
friendly chiefs and people who undertook ths safe
JnduclOf his mission tley sired to make an effort
avert the calamities of war, and with this obi ct
a demand In temperate Language, requiring full
ard suitable apology, within given time for the
ment at the reception of the permanent British mis-
Sion within his territories and repanton tor any in
GeEs:al Sir Neville Chamberlain and Major Ca
yagnasI, IS vel as undertaking not TO modest them
hereafter. TIER lastTpciOns were promptly carried
In elre. by !oJ ca cese2cs's government, and the
ame-r has been Informed th&r Gnie,s clear and
satisfactory reply BE- received from MN ~ ~ twelfth
of November you will be compelled 10 consider his
intentions hostile, and 10 tfeat him as declared
enemy. 1t only remains for me to assure your exs
S-liency of the cordial support her majesty's gov
eTInsal l. the CnFTOuS clIcums anceS In which you
are paced aud ~ state that l have received COM
mands from her malosa. . publ ID this d!sp !teh
for general information or the puJ.L, In antlcpa-
tiol OF Dapers connected With the impOrtdnL sues
lion with WHICH II deals.
All the Columns across the Frontier.
C4LGt-TTA November 2l-All the columns
have been ordered to cross the frontier iodaT. All
kilograms detailing the movements or diSfosltlcn
of tie tio1uS have been stopped ~ the military au
til rides. The hrst troops thai crossed this morning
were the Tenth Huzztrs At three O'clock they
found Fort kapHina abandoned, but three children
had been left there. Gensral RObertS's force at
once moved forward on Fort AhmedishamS, five
miles further up the valley.
AS We SO Marching Along"
LAHoRE, November q. - The British
forces advancing from &rettah have arrived at
E,ishlak, ten miles distant. Tue cold is intense.
AboaE one bundled men are sick in eaGn regiment,
aud warm ciothes ere urgently REQUIRED. anxiety is
felt regarding the weather ! PROCLAMATION or the
tRst war viii only lie wSgsd against the amer, and
adyis NJ the people TO remain ut their homes The
Qusttah column numbers Eve thousand tgO hundred
aud sixty men. A division, commanded by Lieuten-
ant General Donald Stewart, numbering six thou
sand t,.5ee hundred and thirty men, has left
Mooltln foT OGetteh.
DemOnstEe;; ens.
IoEnON, November 2I.-A correspondent
telegrayhs fsonl the camp of the Kbyber column,
THURSDAY ar dIybreak, as follows 1.-The first and
second bTgades haye long since started. The first
INTENDS TO turn Fort Almu-iid By The mOuntaiH
road, while the second attacks the mountain KOh-
losOs, commanding the fort IN which the afZhans
have placed battery. The third and fourth bTi.
CaGes Just about TO start By the main road the
pass, but this latter movement Is only intended as
demonstration, as It Is thought the turning move
44e & VIII compel the Afghans to abandon their
d teLSeg."
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