The New York herald., 1879-09-21

AYooB KHAN IS MADE THE scApFGoAT-
THE BRITISH.
By CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Sept. 20, 1870.
The India Office confirms the report of the
outbreak ut Herat on the 5th inst. Special
dispatches state that the troops of the
garrison plundered and burned the Gov
srnor's house and murdered the commanding
General, who was n friend and supporter Of the
Ameer. The affair throws suspicion upon the
loyalty of Ayoob Khan, brother of the Ameer
special despatch from Lahore to the Daily
Ne,cs says:-"Afghan troops have occupied
Gdndamuk aud threaten Dalxka. The Cabul
rebels are levying forced loans ON the merchants
The Viceroy of India has received mt Calcutta
q letter from the Ameer of Afghanistan, dated
September 10, enclosing a report from his
brother, Ayoob Khan, about the outbreak at
Herat- Three regiments participated in the
mutiny They mutinicd because they had been
ordered to march to Kohstan, where
disturbances had occurred. Ayoob Khan asks to
be allowed to resign his command The Amecr
hopes shortly to regain control Of affairs, when
he will exhaust his resources and energies in
maintaining faith with the British
Much apprehension is felt about the safety of
the British Residency at Mandala, Burmah
MUTATION OF AFFAIRS IN ADMINISTRATION
NIFIcANcE OF THE HERATEE REVOLT PERSIA
DRAWING CLOSER TO RUSSIA.
Tho value Of Yakoob Khans engagement to place
his foreign relations in the hands of Great Britain
and to be guided entirely by her advice dc.
pended on tho stability of his power.
That power is now problematical. There is
IN insurrecton In Badakhshan. whore Mir
Baba Khan has with tho assistance of the chiefs of
Shignan and Darwaz, both Of whom are more or
less dependent on Dokhara. and through Bokhara
upon Russia. lateiy proclaimed his independence Of
Cabul. There impending troubles ut Sr-i-pul.
ct Mymeneh. and even at Balkh. where Abdur-
Rahman. Yakoob's most formidable rival is daily
expected to fomont disanection. There rumors
of from distant Kohstan; there is the great re-
bellion at Cabul ITSELF And tho list OF disaster is
swollen by tidings Of the revolt at Hcrat, where
Yakoob Khan's brother, Ayoob Khan, who for
many years, during Sheer Alrs lifetime. q
rcfugoo and pensioner ut Tcheran. evidently
hopes to rcuivo that condition OF voluntary
vassalago to Persia which. though unrecognized by
treaty. has become tho normal condition Of tho
Western Afghan principality. IL. then, as is ro-
ported in tho Russian army. object of tho pres
ent expedition to Merv is really to occupy Herat.
Turkoman punishment being mere by game, or
ut most means to an end. the suggestion that
attempt will be made to the completely both
of Persia and Ayoob Khan. and thus to doal heavy
blow at the Integrity of Afghanistan, makes the
Heratee insurrection n very considerable factor In
tho imbroglio Of Afghan politics. A jealousy of
hes already enabled Russia to initiate
revolt upon the Upper oxus. and IL is now
understood that under her auspices confederation
of chiefs has been organized which may, for
timo at any rate. very seriously cripple the Afghan
power In the north Of Hindu Kush. Abdur Rah-
man Khan. tho storm bird of Afghan diplomacy. is
still In reserve mt Samarcand ready to swoop on
Turkestan whenever his Russian friends may give
the signal. and q new aspirant Tor power.