Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-10
TQ0LD WORLD NEWS
TEXT OF THE AMEER'S REPLY TO
- ENGLAND. gI
Spirited Debate in the British Parliament
Increased Activity Of the Anglo 4
- lndo Army-American Horses
for France - Illness Of
Ci 7bf the Princess Alice. al-luH.
Text Of the Ameer's Reply.

Ihave received and read from begin
ming to end the friendly letter Your
Excellency sent in reply to the letter
,dispatched by Nawab Gholan Hussim
Khan. With regard to the expression
used by Your Excellency in the begin
Ening of your letter, referring to the
Friendly character Of the mission and
lthe good will of the British tieyern-
smcnt, | leave il to Your Excel
lency, whose wisdom and ilatice
Sare universally admitted to de-
eide whether any reliance can be
PLACED upon good will, il evidenced
DIV words only; on the other hand, good
will really CONSISTS Of deeds. Then II
has not been manifested by the various
&ishcs expressed and proposals made
by British officials during the last few
Years To the officials of this God-gr,lnt.
Acknowledgement which, from
tl,eir nature, it was impossible for them
b. comply with. One of these referred
H. nv undutiiul son, the illstarred
wretch, Mahmod Iakoob Khan, and
was contained in the letter addressed
Nv the officials Of the British Govern
hent to the British agent residing
u Cabul. Ii Was written IN that
latter that ii Iaknob Khan be released
and set at liberty, our friendship with
Mghanistan will he firmly cemcnted,
Otherwise il will not There are several
other grounds Of complaint of II similar
nature which contain no evidence Ol
good will, but which on tho contrary,
werc effective in increasing the aversion
anil apprehension already entertained
by subjects vi this GiOd-granted govern
nent With regard 10 my reiussal Ia
receive the British mission, Your FIX
cellency has stated that il would appear
from my conduct that was actuated by
feelings of direct hostility toward the Brit
ishGovernmrnt. assure Your Excellen-
cy, on the contrary, the officials OF this
Ga l-grantcd government in repulsinyth
mission were not influenced by any hos
tile or inimiral feelings toward the Brit
isl, Government, nor did they intend
that any insult or aifrOnt should bc oil
fcred, but that they were afraid that the
independence "i this Government might
be affected by the arrival OF the mission,
and that the friendship which has now
eSkted between the two Governments
forseveral years might be annihilatcd.
AsiDiragraph in Your Excellency's let
ter erkOrroborated the statements which
theS,have made 10 this Government.
Tie feelings Of apprehension aroused in
D$hc minds VI tue peonle sts Aighanisian
by mere announcement of the inten-
ton oi the British Government to send
a Mission to Cabul, brforr the Mission
itself had actually started orarriyed at
Pcshawar, have subsequently, been
fully justified by the statement in Your
ExccIlcncy's letter that should lie held
responsible iur any injury that might
hrlal the tribes who acted AZ guhles Ia
the mission, and that ] should be called
upon to pay compensation tor any loss
they might have suffered, and il at any
time those tribes should meet i'll treat
mcnt at my hands the British govern
mcnt would at once take steps Ia pro
tcct them. Hal these apprchensions
proved groundlrss, and hal the object
of the mission been really friendly and
no force or threats of violence been
used, the mission would, as matter Of
course, have been allowed free passage,
AZ such missions are customary and Oi
frequent occurrence between allied
States. am now sincerely
stating my own feelings when
| say that this government has
maintained, and will always maintain
the former friendship which existed
between the two governments,
AMI rherishesno feelings Of hostility or
opposition toward the British Govern
mcnt. Ii is also incumbent upon the
officials OF the British Government that
out of respect aud consideration Tor
the greatness and eminenee OF their
own government, they should not con
sent to inhict any injury on, their well
disposed neighbors, or to Impose the
burden Of gricv0us trouble upon the
shoulders Of their sincere friends
but on the contrary they should exert
themselves to maintain the friendly
feelings hirh have hitherto existed to
wards this God d-grantcd Government,
IN order that the relations between the
two governments may remain oD the
same footing a. before, and II, III accord
ance with the custom of allied states,
the British government should desire to
send a purely friendly and temporary
mission Ia this country, with small
escort not exceeding twenty or thirty
members, similar t1that which attended
the Russian mission, this servant ot
God will not oppose It's progress.
British Parliament.
IoSp,s, ilecember v In the Hous,
III EbfhL this afternoon, GOri Gran
4 4 4. Ia. lin an
moving resolution that the expenses
ri the Afghan war MAY he ideirayed
iron the revenues of India, said the
csdnat,si Indian surplus Vas Z, 90
| pounds. inertforc there would he Il sub
l stantia surplus after paping the SL er-
I penscs, which was estimated at less
7 than l.250,,v0 poands tor the present
fiscal wear. I.Ori Cranbrouk declared
the yoyernmsnt ass urbd fuil respOn,i-
hiityfur Ind Lytton; There was not
room tor both England and Russia VA
Ai.hanistan, The AmeeT's letter Wa
nn answer ~ Esglsnd's ultimattnl, lmi
a mere INVASION ol Engiand must be
paramount w Aishanistan, which must
IL, a irien.ily janitDf 10 tie doors OF India
inr England must hold the Key herself
viseount Halifax moye! an aneni
mont centuTiHg the government .
/ Lort Lasrsnce,. formerly uoyerhor'
,ieneral oi lAdia, .dsPreclated the push
/ ing ioI3 ard of the foTtieT under any cir
I cum,stannes. lie Thought the val
4 should be onnclnde,i speeihy; ndthins
should be- -eKsrisi foa the Aighans
and iheyl sLould be assur'si q