Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-21
Amecr's Answer to the UItimatum.
The following is the text of the answer
of the Ameer of Cabul to the Viccroy Of In

The following is the text of the answer
OF the Ameer of Cabul to the Viceroy OF In
dia's ultimatum:
Be it known to your Excellency that have
received and read from beginning to end the
friendly letter your Excellency sent in reply
to the letter dispatched by Sawab Gholan
sions used by your Exceiiency in the begin
ming of your letter, referring to the friendly
OF and to
Excellency, whose wisdom and justice are
universally admitted, to decide whether re-
lance can be placed upon goodwin II evil
denced by words only. But IL, on the other
hand, good will really consists of deeds, then
it has not been manifested by the various
wishes expressed and proposals made by
British officials during the last few years to
the officials of this God -grasted Government
impossible for them to comply with. One of
these referred to my undutiful son, the Ill
starred wretch Mahomed Yakoob Khan, and
was contained in a letter addressed by OFF,
ctals of the British Government TO the
British agent then residing at Cabul.
It was written in that letter that "if Yakoob
friendship with Afghanistan will be firmly
cemented; otherwise IL will not" There are
several other grounds of complaint of a simi
lar nature, which contain no evidence of
goodwill, but which, on the contrary, were
s-ct- ui tui- Cod granted Government " ut
rgEfra 20 my EeiHss. 60 lccfiNs -Hc British
Mission your hN,'.i"uCy lH- stated t4at it
Wuglu appear from Iu5 conduct chat was
Z ,,s.ff.-l '-'4 sgat.uae ~ tHcar Husultg 20.
I ward the British Government. Ia--ur' Nou1
] OF this g.H GRANTED CoyrIIi.is. 90. l1 r1 gui--
F ing t1r ugr-faI Nyre nor tuH--H.st Hy grl
q mos rie.vl llira'r fe-ltT.-s toward Che Brit
ISL GOV tra'l'4L, nor 90 tnH t.-t-Hi ,.5'-' slS
f Insult gr lHrrur rEsu.- .H Hi.trHL- hut
. fl-g acre .uI4. f'... ar.. Independence nI
ar.s GOVERN. ... -..- Do, tfg..et il Che rr
r rir't 0f -aa mission, ai.H tlat ttC friendship
which hH7 nov s..' lrd between ths r'go GOV
. s..GynL- tal several wears might u= aE,
| initiated. paragraph In your Excellency'S
| letter corroborated the statements which
| they have made to this Government. The
| feelings of apprehension aroused in the minds
| of the people of Afghanistan by the mere an
| nouncemcnt of the intention of the British
| Government to send a Mission C. Cabul be.
| fore the Mission itself had actually started OF
| arrived at Peshawur have subsequently been
fully justified by the statements in your Ex-
| cellcncy's letter that / should be held re-
| sponsible for any injury that might befall the
| tribes who acted as guides to the Mission, and
sation for any loss they might have suffered
and that IL Mt any time those tribes should
meet with ill-treatment at my hands the
| British Government woI Id at once take steps
| to protect them. Had these apprehensions
proved groundless, and had the object of the
Threats of Violence used the Mission wonld
| as matter of course, have been allowed free
passage, as such missions are cus tomary and
of frequent occurrence between allied states.
| am now sincerely stating my own feelings
| when 1 say that this Government has main
| tanned and will always maintain the former
| friendship which existed between the two
Governments, and cherishes no feelings OF
hostility or opposition toward the British
| Government. It is also incumbent upon the
officials of the British Government that. out
| of respect and consideration for The greatness
and eminence of their own Government, they
| should not consent to infiict any injury upon
| their well disposed neighbors or to impose
| the burden of grievous trouble upon the
| shoulders of their sincere friends; but, on the
| contrary, they should exert themselves to
| maintain the friendly feelings which have
| hitherto existed toward this God granted
| Government in order that the relations be-
tween the two Governments may remain on
| the same footing as before. And If, in accord
ance with the custom of allied States, the
British Government should desire to send a
purely friendly and temporary Mission TO
this country, with a small escort, not exceed
Ing 20 or 80 members, similar to that which
attended the Russian Mission, this Servant OF
| God will not oppose its progress.