New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-24


ATGHANI>rAN.
lnY CABLE TO rHE IRIRrSE.I
Lo>Dos. Monday, sept. %, l-7-.
A British expedition 10 Mehan-tm is imminent
owing 10 the unsatisfactory result OF the mission To
Cabul
TROOPS oRprErD TO nE READY 7" MARCEL
Io,po>. Tuesday, sept g, ISIS.
4 Bombay dispatch 10 The standard reports that
special meeting OF the NlccIoy', Council has been
held at Suula. General Roberts commandment
Of the frontier forces, has started for
Pc.hawur with secret orders. \ largo fore" L. OF
dcrcd 10 be- in readiness on the frontier where T.
600 men are already maS-rd. Indian newspapers
universally demand an apology from the Amc'r OF
occupation of AfghauiStan. The feeling among
Europeans Is warllkc.
The Tmo in It's leading article, says: The reok-
oning will be- with the ANGER alone. Nothing can
probably bee done iu the way of military operations
until Spring We can wait, and u will suit %, best
I'm every way 10 give our d'-courtcous ucgAbor an
opportunity for rccon-dcnuon.'
THE BRITISH QUARREL WITH SHIRE ALL
SIPS WHICH LED - THE DISPATCH or TIir BrU-H
MISSION 10 CABUI-Tug SUCCESS or TnE RUS
SIAN ENyoY-ErCENI EyESI- ~ ,F0HANI~IAN.
The British Mission to CabuI, winch has
been forbidden bv nu officer Of tue Amcrr 10 through
tbc Kybcr Pas-a short distance northwest 81 ro,h-
awur-lcf Prshawur early 10 the present month The
mission was organized hy the Indian Government I'm
rprdIafcIy upon the announcement That Russian en-
hassy had been fiyoruhIy received by the Amccr.
This Russian mission under Abrnmon, Governor
General ~ samarcaud, not only secretly
dispatched, but il was not until after us
arrival iu Cabul That the British Foreign Olcc learned
sc1itcncc. II "a not even now definitely known
what General AbIauod expected 10 accomplish.
but Afghaui-tan. which divides the Asatc territories
Of England and those Of Russia, II naturally the object
Of great -octudc to both Powcr- Ia the latter pngt
1872 Ru,-n made formal declaration that Afghanistau
was beyond the field Of Russian influence, and since
then no attempt has been made until avoid that
understanding
The Russian Mission under General Abramof arrived
al CubuI on July - on the - iu-t grand review
held in their honor, 20 which troops summoned
from all parts ~ tho Kingdom, and then q letter
presented from The Gar reply al once sent of
by special messenger the Russian demands,
which are said to have required the establishment ~
Rus. agencies u the northwest Of Aighanistn and
The opening OF regular trade between Afehani-tan
and Russia The nature OF the reply has not been
y,ed but may easily be gathered from tho courteous
ceremonial 10 whi'h the Envoy and his escort
wcro treated. That this reply thought 10
threaten British interests may bc supposed from the
fact that che British Mission the news 81 whose rcpul-c
has iu-t been received, forthwith organized. II
consisted Of Sir Neville Chamberlain, Major CyapnuIi,
Deputy Commissioner OF Pcshawur, Major -. John,
priyat, secretary and medical officer. The
a detachment Of the Guides Cavalry and Of the llth
Bengal Lauccr- in all about 800 That 1t -rs-
pcctcd from the reception extended 10 GcucraI
Abramof that the British envoy might meet with cold
welcome Is evident from the comments Of the English
aud Indian Press but there can Dc no doubt that his
ntcrccltIon and rcpulsc the Khybcr Pass will be
genuine surprise It's reported that In addition 10 the
Russian and British Missions described the Porte is TO
erud an envoy to the Ancer
The history OF direct relations between England and
Afghan-tan does not date far back. Afghanistan,
such nrst became nation under Ahmed shah, whose
reign began l7I7 ana terminated Ia 1873 He left
lI, son Tmur "A dominion which included all Afghuuis-
tan. together with the Puniab Cashmere and Turkcstun
"A far as the Oxus and embraced scnd Bcloocisun and
Korstan "a tributaries Timur cOntryed to keep this
Kingdom together for twenty years. Upon his death
canon Muza the nfLh Of twontyhTeo brothers. seized
the throne but tho result Of tho barbarous be-
tween the brothers IA tho OF which three OF them
excessively gained control, tho extensive dominion
bedueathed by Ahmed Shah fell TO pieces
ElphIu-tone the first English envoy 70 Afghanlstan.
was received by Shah shuja IN 1909 In 1882 Leuten-
ant Burnes visited CaDul on his way to BOkbara Five
ycnrs later when the Porhan siege or heral and the
movements OF RUSSIA caused some alarm FOR British III
tcrcss Bunes sent as envoy to Dost Mahgmmed at
Cabu, from which Shah ShuJa has been refugee Tor
many years But this mission failed In its purposes,
aud attempt 10 restore Shah shUa was determined
upon Sir John Kane, IN command OF the Army OF
the Indus" advanced with little opposition into the
country Ia April, isSo oi9n IhYa was GIosh,i ana
med had fed over the IIindOO Roosh. For
two years Shah hhuja ana his British allies
ret Slnsd possession OF Cabu. but IN 1871 a revolt
Tor which various insurrccOns had prepared tho way
broke ont Burnes who had been left as colleague OF
Sir w. MaCnug heu, the envoy, after the war, was Killed
with other British officers. Severe disasters fol-
low ed. aud 10 December mscnaghten murdered.
At beginning OF the year 1872 by an agreement the
Uritsh garrison numbering 1900 persons marched out
OF the city and began most disastrous retreat. from
which a handful OF men survived; In April au
petition started under General Pollock, to retrieve
these dsgraees and 10 tho prisoners who had
beep taken The KhybeT Pass where the British Mission
heen turned bDPk forced.