The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-09

make his peace with u.s. Indeed, the evil
dence of to-day points to Sherc Ali as being
the source of almost as great perplexity to the
diplomacy of Russia as to that of England.
He is willing to bestow himself upon them.
What are they to do with the gift?
SURPRISING NEWS.
General Kaufman has favored the
world with some criticisms on the English
conduct Of the war. Our respect for
the military talents Of the Gov
ernor General of Turkestan is not
SO deep as to compel our be-
lief in his statements, which are in fool
ish contradiction to well-known facts. he
processes to have out-ot-the-way sources of
information and so he must have when he
learned that the English commanders in
dulged in such debauch Of generosity
as to give Sc apiece to every man and
woman between the Indian frontier
and Afghanistan. This absurd story has
parallel in the extraordinary statement
that the British army had suffered great
deieat and that the correspondents of Eng
lish newspapers had formed conspiracy Of
silence. We know too we'll that the repre-
sentatives Of journalism are only too ready
10 ;1a, <bx, 4 ,1>oc1 rs
of our generals and our armies"
MORE Herald ENTERPRISE.
The Morning. Advertiser says:-"We are
indebted to the enterprise of both English
and American journalism for large amount
Of intelligence with regard to the present
phase OF affairs in Afghanistan. The New
YORK HERALD has once more broken into
the comparatively unknown regions OF
Central Asia, and the late Mr. John A. Mac
gahan, the explorer Of the road to Khiva,
has found o successor in the gentleman who
is at this moment the guest of General Kauf-
mann at Tashkend. His telegram of day
before yesterday gives full account of the
negotiations which have been going on be-
tween the authorities of Russia and the
| representatives of the Ameer
MUTUAL DISAPPOINTMENT
''After much hesitation, and to his deep
regret, General Kaufman was compelled to
send the Ameer's envoy back with the
poor story that neither he nor his
master can do anything for the hapless
ruler whom he has been one of the
chief means Of leading on to ruin. Shere
Ali is now at town on the frontier Of his
! own State anxiously expecting this cruelty
disappointing reply, and whatever hope he
may still retain of finding in foreign assist
ance means for stopping the tide Of Eng
| PEELED. The conversation which General
Kaufman had with the representative Of
the New YoRK HERALD gives pretty clear
picture of his views. 1t is evident that if
he had had his way Shere Ali would not
have been treated SO scurvily by the Rus
sian authorities. He openly, and, indeed,
with some plaintiveness, acknowledges the
bitterness of heart with which he had dis
missed the Ameer's messengers, bearing to
their master the disheartening statement
that he could do nothing for him.
He has strongly urged Prince Gortschakoff
to give the fugitive sovereign friendly re-
ception.
| HOSTILITY TO THE BRITISH.
SIN most amusing way, too, he displays
the blind hostility with which evidently he
counts his stories OF the British army,
which read like extracts from immortal
memoirs of Baron Munchausen. He attrib-
utes the success of our forces to
the lavish expenditure of money and
enters into details upon the subject which
may make many Englishmen in the present
depressed state of affairs almost sigh for
the good fortune of being an Afreedee.
! The Russian commander, in fact. will not
acknowledge that our armies have gained
any victories Mt all. According to him
special correspondents have hushed
up the news of moro than one de-
feat. We ourselves have gone to
the expense of sending representa-
tive to the seat Of war to record everything