New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-03
RUSsIA's ATTITUDE.
CUE NOES NOT WANT INDIA.
Mr.. EUGENE SCHUYLER THINKS HER a,, onsr0' "
""' ,,rRrLY HER own FREE DEVELOPMENT

.v4ansion of Russian colohiIaUon y. IL non1-
.lo pacific. whole Asiatc tribes peihs .ar,icuIar
;pauv Russian subjects witno 'aS,,' duties. but
;rtenton on their part Oh -, .ha presents GUS
,ho nnruose of receiving tno s t,rorg on
SIMPLY luz '"0 -noosions This contihueo W. - Ts
tom"ry On SUI s.,,s seventeenth and e'gh'eon'"
the who.o '. so,innug about thirty years u.s. .
tures. iAe" .,ing forward Of the Russian ou'p''U'
coht'"u - froptier OF Siberia INTO the s''PP'
On '..,,;n,otiou. whether nominal OF lca - -,
inc IS Tiryhiz and Kahnucks, unth Ineso o"i
uioos - .Laoorouest Of Turkestan and lashAen"
i'i''i 60, TchernaeH. speedily followed ny '"o
ny - - samarcand. After tins boknata We
.,o.a allv. Khjva was subdneo III i0''
$1,000 was annexed shortly afterwafu; a.. a.
U,Idia had already been occupieu' -
IS 6one without much system anu "i'""" =. ,.
s.o,, The Goyernment at st. fetelS""s 49,.
,,or.r nossblo to draw back the oo"n' 40, =, .r
..arv fresh dispute with the NATIVES tou
ooorisit;on of territory and influence: NO
,vas reached only after and inoecu i" -. ,,-;,b
W 49, treaty of Berlin. AT time wheh wal WI
Oh 'n0 soomod imminent the Russians resolVcu
,.,,oo in n different direction between 'ho C'
" "o ,bs sea of ATal southwark, whe'o s'oP,
- .1roadv heen taken to subJugate lno W."
u'..or,an tribes. partly with tho inten'on. ~"
- .ho srot time ayowed or existing Oh pus"'"e 90
~. rndio' 40 noss,ble. Up to that time' ai'houe
L. -" Gov ,l,s oonanest of India had beeh pioSonoN
- ,ho E,neror Paul at the beginning VI 'n0 ~,
.,ry and there had been at intervals "a. 90
t.lI.amone officers of the army oil Tue pN:saoa
- nova II had never been seriously cons"c
e"." " a., fe,t that it was necessary 10 10 ~
,sos;t;on not only TO annoy England IN case VI
..,,;oh them seemed 80 possible. but uiuihdOe'S'
-.I.a,,o,,oy II neeame necessary TO make auou"o'
,,ovement ON Constantinople OF 10 oPo" S"0 -.
IS.
,horps Tn the free passage OF Russian Noos1'
thre,ten Indiu and divert the attehtion VI ..,io
that il would not be again poSsipie ioi "'- "
the Russian plans. r ;,.orf.ring with
,.iI,;.b rnla IN India had grown greatly IN Ten
- 80, IL, large measure TO the action Oh 1no
y,',,i;sb themselves. Every Russian movement n""
49,, 90 c,oselv scrutinizod in England so MANY
Questions had been put to the Russian ooVoini"e"
a. IN tbeir intentions, whether present Vi t"." ,
Ar. tho evident alarm manifested by inc ID
Covernment increased the BELIEF IN thoii "o'N -
~ Ir1io The British Embassy at ST. reuei ''"'s
rovo r,nch time to the study OF Asia'io ''''' -,
s.oo,ontlv succeeded in obtaining, by favor or os
Co., snbordinate officials reports mapS
"a ,ions of the movements of troops on inc iio"
.,ar Az was natural, these frelueht queo'i0"
nrotests greatly annoyed the Russian
oltbonoh il was evident at the tiihe th"' Ia
was in no condition to oppose the hussi"i -, 49,
in any other way. IL was lmpossioio u',uo.
circumstances for Russia to consent ~ S
-, ;roo,;narv line through the stcppes DeSohu
which il would not pass as long as ITO i"S' -
conld not advance either to oppose Ihein "
-. l.; ordsr the wild tribes ON the other sino'
49,. however reached such point III 1917
.h.+ tho Rnssans for tho sake Oh peace aeioeu "
oonsiaer Afohaustan as beyond the sphere Oh their
;,0ue,ce Two questions, however, Immediately
oross. First. AS to whether the English couia con
trol the Afghans sufficiently to De reslohS'"o 'O'
any attacks they might make upon RUSSIAN P,o'V'''
"a saco,dlv what we're the boundaries oil AIghih-
;s,an n was agreed in the main, that all places
should be considered as belonging 10 Aisnsn,s 9,
which had been m the actual possession u ~
nost MohaInmed or Shore Ali. For thc SaHe Va eo'
ycnjence. however, the Russians cohSsn'1u
reco.m,,e "a Afghan certain provinces when mao
~, -. ,r t,s eaectiye possession OF these two
eo.ara;yns /, order that tho boundary line might
Ia Drawn mn the Rivor Oxus or Anu Daria- Inns
loo terminated ON the river at place called hhoJa
SaIeh and was to 90 from there westward 10 eno
Persian frontier, the exact line not being spec'nod
Matters remained for nearly ten years III tnat
ambition. The English protested, II u uu"'
against the subjugation of KhiVa' <hough i'"sSn
,roo,s confined themselves to the right BANK OF the
Gyms in their permanent occupation. Ihey pro
tested also against the advance OF the huSsi''n'
through the Turcoman steppes anu esPcc'ah3
against the occupation Of Merv In 1854 some oven
went 80 far as to advise sending money anu ani''u
milton to tho Turcomans IN order 10 ehaoie 'n"'
on,osa the Russians The occupation OF Mery and
the neighborng provinces brought ING huS9isn'
fo The FIRST time close to tho Afghan frontier and to
Uarat ALWAYS considered the key to India The
EnUlish had al last given ap their fears that Russia
might advance through Kashgar or the mountain
masses of the Hmalayas, and owing to their own
d.feats and bad fortune had become convinced that
II vould be difficult for the Russians to attack
India by the way of Cabul; but Herat once occu-
MED. tho road would be easier, all successful
inyasions Of India having come from the Afghan
frontier. The Russians, in reply to .Engands
questions had already proposed commission for
the purpose of settling the boundaries Of Afghan
accepting this they would implicitly agee 10
Russian occupation up to the very line. AItor Derv
was taken tho Russians renewed Iheir ptopoSiton'
aud this time il was accepted. The Engllsn, how
ever proposed that the boundary Commission
should consist Of Que Englshpan, one Russian and
Afghan. This Russia objected 10 on inc gronha
Eugiand and especially by the treaty made
between tho Ameer Of Afghanistan aud England
after the late war; tho Aighahs were put uhder
Fnglish protection that while the English Com
missioner could ask the Afghans Tor advice and
counsel lust as tho Russians would the lurcomanS.
two Nations alone After some discussion this was
agreed TO- Sir Peter LumsdeD. an English officer
well known in India. was appointed the English
Commissioner. assisted by Mr. Conlie Stephen.
young diplomatist who had won his spurs, first by
acquiring thoroughly tho Russian language. then by
Philinpopolis. aud. finally by his leadership of
several surveying aud exploring parties on the
Persian frontier. They were accompanied by
large staff and by an escort The Russians
annointed as their Commissioner General Zelenoi
bur before the time appointed for the meeting the
Russian Commissioner taken Ill at Titis 1t
was necessary, the Russians thought, for some
agreement to bs come TO as to the region through
which the boundary line should be drawn, and as
20 the principles which should govern the deliinita-
fipn This it was better to arrange at home, and
for that purpose Captain LessaI. French engineer
officer In the Russian service who had explored the