The New York herald., 1878-11-06
LONDON TALK.
The Afghan Question
and the Poets.
AN IMITATOR OF HAFIZ.
Devils CHAIN" Jenkins and Cyprus as a
Home Tor Dethroned Ministers
@R WIIFRID LAWSON'S FUNNY SPEECH
Cyprus-A Feather to Tickle the
Ears Of the Jingoes.
DEPRESSION OF MANUFACTURES.
GR WIIFRID LAWSON'S FUNNY SPEECH
DEPRESSION OF MANUFACTURES.

LONDON. Oct 10. 1873
We are Just now at the commencement OF the sea-
son Of civic and municipal banquets. when public
favor their constituents and the world at largo
with their ex-Paramentary utterances on affairs in
general and the questions Of the hour In particular
The foreign policy OF the government naturally
comes in for large share Of attention. the minis
teriAlists naturally almost to playing the part
Of spologists. . OF to the devils advocacy Of
the liberals. who almost ruthless In their criticism
Of the government policy. There is somewhat OF .
lull in the Afghan mbroglio and the leading liberal
members Of the House of Commons taking the op-
portuntty Of enhghtening the people the position
Of Affairs viewed from their standpoint The gov
srnment does OF the scrutiny first best.
for after all. far. the Ameer appears not to have
insulsed England. During the interview between the
representatives in the Khyber Pass the Afghan COM
mander perfectly courteous and reasonable.
Nevertheless stories being collected Pesh-
Awur and reports thereof sent on here to
sxciss and disturb. Meanwhile. when and
where the first blow Ia to be struck-H TO
be struck 1t all-is not yet known. Beyond this
hsapine mp of army material nobody appears really
know. - Light says. what the inspired poet at the
helm yonder and the inspired post At the helm here
intend 70 do
THE AFGHAN AMKER POET.
l II
nothing but poets and literary people to deal with
Queen Victoria is among the latter Lords Beacons-
Geld and Lytton are poets and. to crown all. the
Ameer himself is . poet. and by means uncul
tured and uncivilized supposed Read this and
Judge for yourselves THE Ameers father. Dost
1uhammed. like the Prophet himself was in the early
part Of his life. excessively niterae. By devotional
Of his Kuzzilbash mother he was consecrated
70 the lowest menia servicethat Of sweeper At the
Eaxut shrine Of Lamech. the father Of Noah near
Jelslabad where, according to Afghan tradition that
Anteduvian buried. At twelve years Of age he was
already warrior and attached peshkhidmut. or
pessonA attendant. TO his eldest brother Futteh
Khan In later life he became Of the disadvan-
faees attending want of education. especially TO
ruler Of men. and he set to work to acquire suf-
senf knowledge Of reading. writing and arithmetic in
order to be independent Of secretaries. moahs and
revenue collectors. Shere Ali goes in heavily for
Oriental culture, in its pedantc schools Of dalectcs
and metaphysics especially. and Is conceited withal
his attanments therein. He is also writer Of
Lord Lytton are not badly matched. but his
tations Of the baldest patitudas Of Hsfz
or Ferdusi. When the learned get too much
bored over the Ameers effusions translation Of
Bellows .Kandahar Book is produced and them
all laughing the Doctors estimate of themselves,
their manners and their customs" Some Of the
even more than a mind influenced by Oriental ro-
mantle ideas. There Is rumor circulating to the
effect that lit Is the Premier who wants the Hindoo
Koosh ceded to England. this being generally
garded the cradle of the AryaI race: and Lord
beaconsfeld owes much to the splendid opportu-
mites which that has afforded him for self
gloriAcation that he would fain rescue it from the
hands Of its present Mohammedan holders.'
TILE LIBERAL ATTACK.
OF course there IL no such thing as enthusiasm for
anything just now in England The Jingoes jingoed
themselves out months ago. McDermott has taken 70
singing Where Moses when the light went out?
md new poet has yet arisen to rouse the enthu
Afrh.
apparently gradually growing stronger in public
hvor. and people are beginning to ask whittier the
Ameer is not to buliied without word being raised
In his behalf. is evident from the tone of the
more prominent members Of the party, however it
should be remarked. are reticent on the subject
waiting probably for fuller information Meanwhile
Cyprus still affords matter enough for adverse crt
cism. Much nonsense is of course. talked the
subject and some good common sense. Mr.. Jenkins.
n. p. for Dundee. is hard on Disraeli Salisbury. He
says that suggestion has been made that national
subscription should be got up to reward the two
s,turned 10 England with single phrase as the total
result of their efforts save the acquisition OF An almost
antenable island
II was suggested that the testimonial should take
the form OF purchasing an estate in Cyprus, 70 be
the suggestion good one, but would add the condi
that the noble lords should go and live there
Lord Rosebery who is the liberal candidate for the
rectorship Of the University Of Aberdeen made
trenchant criticisms with regard to the subject in
speech at that place last night. NO defeat in
English prestige the Continent than the acquisi
ton of the Island of Cyprus England had lost by the
exchange what she could not have too much of-the
sympathy and respect ofyother nations"
'As FUNNY Az HELESs BABrEs"
by far the most interesting speech OF the week
and the most cuttingly the government
that Of Sir Wilfrid Lawson. at Longtown, near
Carlisle Sir wilfrid you know. the stanch sdvo-
member Of the House. except Sir Charles Dikes. who
has the courage OF his opinions. do not remember
have read speech which gives the results OF
attempts at diplomacy the part OF England
In pithy and yet SO humorous manner The
Week zys-'Sir W. Lawson has now given US fresh
collection OF jokes. which WILL doubtless. cause the
esmabe and solemn Spectator to laugh till its sides
fairly ache. He declares that the influence Of England
has been used for months past to sustain the slave
mart. the bowstring and the harem. This Is almost
funny 'Helens Babies The Ministry. our great
Parliamentary humorist continued, plucked the tur-
key and got Cyprus tail feather to tickle the
OF the Jingoes At this We fear the editors of the
Spectator will 20 into commissions. II deserves TO be
recorded among the best say ings of Douglas Jerrod
or sydney smith" few extracts from Sir Wilfrid's
speech viii amuse yon.
SMASHING rnE IDOLS.
The government had, he said. set up the hideous
idol Of the balance Of power" 10 which from the
commencement of the world millions of human
beings had been offered up, and which, il seemed.
not prostrated yet It made his blood boil when he
thought that the great Of England-frec,
Christian, progressive England-had been used the
Last few months to sustain the slave mart the bow
string and the harem. Fortunately that policy had
. great extent failed. The being acongress
was held. which attended by Lords Beaconsfed
and Salisbury. Many people said why did they
both ao?" But that never puzzled him . bit He
knew we'll enough 1t because they burst not
one another ont Of each Others sight. After
ste,.no ,oe s~s sna AZ % swashbueEier s.s '' 7an in
side and outside Parliament. tho Russians
virtually carried IL out very much their
lines. 'But 1t too absurd for TO go for Turkey
20 the Congress and come back having yielded 10
Russia II the Plenpotentiares had done more
than that the roughs In Hyde Park would have felt
that there something wrong the medical
students would have suspected there something
,,,l.ty and tlta rd anil
Council Of the city OF London would have had
pcion that At least this not great diplomatic
triumph" What, therefore did they do? They
pucked the turkey and got Cyprus tail feather W
tickle the OF the Jingoes.
But the truth coming out about Cyprus now.
continued Sir Wfrd The bright jewel In the Of
empress Is island with harbor and water.
very little. and the military authorities explained