The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-21
THAT SCIENTIFIC FRONTIER.

The eituatinn of the noble army u British
| missionaries IN Afuhaniaan begins nv look
eyeu worse than WE npprehondndi few days
ago Lord HaacnnsHpld'a scientific frontier IA
lanunu ,lr into 4 colossal rnril. tile pnmp
aud circumstances with which the English
entered ,fpbauintan, prnalaimip1 the pativca
'muttnnera and "rehola, and MAalinI Thorn
lilo In exchange tor submission an,l theit
pnttaflo property, have dwtnal"I into
| rathnr humilatinH aeanlnnr fnl aaiatN. he
outbreak IN Gahul occurred on Nv" third w
September That waR tho tnsttne'iva resent
mont M tho people toward The arrogant lanlz
ing ANA unwallnninbo Interference VI th"
Rti4h III thnir affairs Naior GaSngnat1
mud his houaoheli were ita vtrtima he
world wac glinvna and shocked ~ W." tragic
aud teflthlr fate NJ thia gallant nlticHl hha
his ronlpaniona but very f"w unprecedented
ppnrln found thnmacvpa able tn condemn the
Afuhana Nothing could J." rlainor than that
thn Rtitiah HAL 10 lnaueaa III AfHhRn'atan
that thoy were simply prnanmina ul"n The
helplaasneaa &c tho Afahapa. III fact sacfl'r
iur thrr ~ cally ,ut thor OWL ambitious
Tho Ameor had received n Russian envoy
anil ,ld uai viah ~ rnrnve MI Fn1liah envoy,
1.-The country wau hia ami hneSc,eiand hle ~
,Iaulted tiaht IA it's sovereign "a ent"r Into
an3h commercial w political treaties ~
seemed t. him maat advantageous this wac
the ,ustta hefb TITO Ilritah thnn forced m
entrance into Arnhaniaian anl oNn'pallnd tlc
kn,nar f. receive tho envoy Major tavag
mari established hlmsnF nj c'Rhul. without an
army present. IN Is true, hnt tn such man
nor ani upon euch tnrms a. Il aatiafv tho NJ
fhana that tho pnlpnan ~ tho English waa
innnmpatihla with their lihertioa Hence The
nuthteas AMI the determination w tho CAV
aanat establishment
Almost simultaneously m advance was
uede hy tho ,hrnn Rrtiah columns. FROM
Caudahai. the Shntagardnn and thn khyh"i
paaaca and aftoT aomp lighting iii" aImy 80
rulind I'alml nn thn twelfth October Simnn
TINT tuna tho Rriiah authorities have
calmly aaaumad proprietarship AMI hay" 40
rapiod thrmanvnR IN hanging objectionable
Afahaua and aprrnprating aeaiiahl" Afghan
property. lnanoi. they snonl ~ have hrnn Nv
cngreaaoi in thia plnaainG recreation thai th"v |
tool, 10 notice o[ lilo nIaaainR o the sullon |
Tribes Now however thn wat-cloui haR |
hurst. and tom aaoh Information MI We can
altogether lovely timraCit Grn Slr tradrlicl |
RohnrtR haa erdorrd reildorcanonta and has
his pryanm rurro#a w n"t tnolmc
with tho Afghan watrnra Int ot shut ting /
himaep III IN tho Shitpur cHutNun"ata W.
know, therefore, THAI M the resWit ~ tho
continued lighting around Cahul, tho Rrttlah |
have withdrawn into tia f,,tthGaunus w
~hifpnr That IN ALL hut II II A gnad deal
| ahowa That thn missionary work II mi
and That thn AtEhana arc bitterly
hpatilo a. That nNIt of civilization which 10
p,iyes TIA hjacte n their lihertins ana ther
Meanwhile tho Rrtiah armirs atn strongly
placed. and. being prnvarnnd fit anveral
MNntha a. come, can 10 doubt hnli oNt
against any force tho sond barbarian AZ
ghaun arn likrly t. hiring aEaine' thnm. Tho
will almost certainly mako
heir way through, wtthatantinE tho now
resistance If tho trihnamon IN tho
ueuntainn We aaeumc in fact. upon the
strength pf eur Faith III the caution ~ the
British policy. that Tnglana will tlnally sue
,ced in her deeigns up"n Aghanst.sn. she
IA nat boon known fer a century past ~ Aock
VI even meet halfway difficulty IN which
hr It'd not p0sR,ssa Overwhelming advantage.
iua II IL e.tfe a. conclude that the present
4ao will hc Ne exception. Nevertheless il Il
u certain IA day That tha hrttrr aentimrnt of
lie cisilizad world will halhnr No sympathy
IT Great Rtitain III Tits undertaking. ana
HAT rvcry revrr4r she mev encounter will he
,alloa with satisfaction 10y right minded mon
u every land beneath thr sun.