Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-03

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'''e "'''OHoh OF lHdia has gwen rise 70 a
great deal Of speculation relative 70 the
object that Russia has in yicO CounicJ
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""'' '"e'c arc many VINO beieFc mat Rus
ia Is preparing Tor a conilc, with Eng
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'',''"''' %" "e 81 "'''e assist
AHSr' anu NhrEc The chances Tor Russian
success Wuuld be crs.,ly incr.as,J U,y-
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'"'' ''"'"'S "l great Importance ate taxing
place Zoo iu" East.
RELATIVE. Ia tl,.. r.v,.. ~ tho ,,,,...,- -,
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ot.''' i"' massacre OF ,Ae Hr.u-h army To-
Ad-"AN''iAh' nearly tory years ago. and
f'istAt'ff measures thAt followed. E bl-
been the policy Of III" Hfi>h Government
10 nave ''ft "'t'c <" 81" 20 The n"iShJur-
"n The northwest o.; lnda. \ few Year..
after Xmas event tAe EASll-A t"pN po..ss-
SION "i a uafT"" 'irlp OF land on Tie west
era tAhN 81 the ls'Fr' ILIu>, AID hare
"''i 81 " lA 'l,ir diiI, MY, ihi, gives A.
."' BOUNDARY '"F considerable dt-t aucs',
bri"'rH lnlA a"i AuShau..tau. ar t4hul.
a. ihr country i' no" called high moan
'''" rang" through which iher" are t"a
iA~~e' the h' Hrr fA>s. which, for thou~-
and' ~ ycAi'. hA~ been The great highway
between ludN aud the western nat!ous,
ana TIE Koran valley. mnca less favor
A'.r route. Twelve miles To ID" eastward
"i hy Der FA"- j. the great military station
81 frshA"ur. where a larger force j. STA
TONED tuAn al any other point iu India
TINS CIV .ltIflE mo the az
EnSh'h when they took possession Of the
country 90 the west OF ihe !nfus. Although
ILet' - R'1I ROAD through The pass which
hA' remained ih me hand- OF the Ah=ha--.
p"'lNvu "htIt fr" men property
placed can Atcp BACK great army. a.
thcFe are points where the rocky walls rise
p"TpendicuIAfly on citAVT side 20 the height
OF thousand irct-
The direct road Of Russian army 10 In
ga would be oy thi' pass, and Il has been
assumed that. In the event OF the war be
tween hhs-'t AId England. that Ensi,>h
troop. would AZ once seize and foit.iy h.
The road from ihc nearest Russian out
posts iu IuTNrstan. three or four hundred
miles away. run, through Cthul. Tho priH-
clpa' city OF Ad-nAui~,.l. s.d St. A.at an
alliance With that power Russian army
Would not venture Ia advance upon lud.a.
In June last Russian official VA, sent 10
ADhi hud Wa received wlih so much Ger
cnonY a. 10 show u warm sympathy tor
the Russians on the part OF The ruling
prince, the Ameer ct Cabul. When The
BRITISH authorities Of India learned OF this
which "as not unti! long atterwarl, they
determined to send commissioned to ca
bul, aud Sir Neville Chamberlain. the most
distinguished officer OF the Indian army.
Vas appointed TO that position. He len
the frontier post OF Pcshawur a few days
ago with cavalry escort Of three hundred
men, intending to 20 u CabJl. about two
hundred miles away. but was met 10 the
hyber pass by an Afghan force and wa.
told that he could not proceed. After re-
naming there two or three days Tor in-
siruciion. he returned 10 Peshawur.
The refusal al the Ameer OF Cabul 10 re-
ceiye him j. regarded as an Insult not to
be borne. and both 10 India and in Eng
land there j. Il demand that the ,Ameer
shall be punished. aud it /. reported that
prcparaii u Vii b" made at once to send
large force To the frontier. The kyber
Pass may be ilanked by the Koran Valley
route. which i at the south OF It. and