The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-26
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~ ae a,hs, me %, %" The npr..rn 'pss ~ 4,
. IAmir had for rg-s distributed over their
h"u1sntcrs. crenunr long ana tunl'nuon.
pUHs IN ID" mi ~ ~ the most deco al" i"~-fI
Of the WORT, Here were rl.h mId, snd r"rn i,,
I'u- and hail CIVILIZED nations. here We're go
routes to inner Asih caravan roads that l"d 10
CHINA ,as 1 way' Sy"t t wnr Ir"uI sa oyn
to Or-nburg and Astrnk nan Their loads OF cot
''n. -hk: skins. and shnrreeh leather I" tx;
change for Russian hardware. chihO, ana
I guns. Here was n chanc" tor vast "Npnn-tnr
| OF Muscovlte power and commerce" i.ns-iaS
motive was no longer self-i'ro ,cct,on. but { g
subJUgation OF the kharates of Turkestan and
| the extension oi tr de.
Her expedition AGAINST khivn In 1889 vas
disastrous. The bitter cod OF the ust trt
| plateau rui ned perowsKis army. Ku-sln. re-
pulsed in her attempt to acquire IN. OSua.
turned to the Syr-Dara. Alter she planted her
foot upon that river. her forward march was
hon4; the lett bank OF the river heightened
| year by year She made the river her ally in her
warfare uron tho khanaies. Twelve years
I after the first Russian gun wac levciied at the
walls of the flrst town in khokand this rich
En.na,s nsIdss s s,r"roas Ta,sSsnd
Th"r Bokhara. after a bitter rtrng.l'. lost II.
! Independence. Two of the three khannt-s of
,..f In "a Ia nt.I
from it, mouth 10 ~ sources. was "A Russian
stream, and the Mnsrovi,o arms were once
| more turned toward IN. ONua. Gen. kauf-
mann's attack upon khiva was crowned with
success The khannt. wa. added to tue Rus
| passed into Russia's control;
Whnt are the countries and the peoples whom
many years OF bitter wnrfnre2 The three
khanates are estimated TO contain from 5OOo-
the richness Of their soil and in III" variety Of
their productions il would be- difficult 10 mud in
countries of Turkcstan. Bokharn. ancient scat
OF Mohn l.,, "arninG ., u a. racis 'Gous-
mere. mud China. Tne town has rs mosques,
and when yamnory visited 1t 5olo students
Rh9knnd os.is. Tashkend Trn"mkcni, Khod,
Valley Of ne syr. Dara. savaTa ti""SSsthiSSha
nn,san ana Cos.nrk PEASANT. have. with gov;
n"nr Tashkend and samnrcnnd. Tashkcnd
hn1 100000 population thirteen inns. sixteen
md imports in 1878 amounted To- s24. oU6. 600.
Inc khiyan oasis though kept within narrow
| aud rich enough to SUPPORT n popnaco Of
about about, lRR9vpoo people Since Russia con
Syr-Daria o feet of steamers that ply up tho
river for distance of Loo miles from the
| Atal sea. sand bars in til" lower ONus impada
navigation. but Russlan boats have assembled
the greater part of its cours" a far rs Choin
| riysr whore. tho Afghans assert their frontier
Joins that Of Russia. Both these great rivers
though the fertile lands along it's banks are not
60 g. extensive S. nor so nnpuious rs those along
The more important stream. While the ' svr,
pnra leads only toward the comparative bar
t%s oxus viii carry e1 Tie frasasa "" Of Mn nsss
almost 10 the gates Of India. II Is evident Ia
that Rnssia's commercial aims include moi
only n vast augmentation % her overland trade
products rs the reward OF her long and. as vet.
NY repuited sacrifices in TurSestan. Tho
heTThly third Of the nm nual expenditures.
The khana,e Of Khoknnd has he"n com.
eminent that ifs name has disarnsarsd' rom rom
Tssnps mnp pnoj Ppknrra and Khy. I
they are merely dependencies OF Russia. and
Pay pay heavy tribute for the privilege Of rS'nn:
khivn is not permitted 70 have an army and
his subjects have been stripped Of their weHp.
nrnce than the Ameer Of Bokar" who no Is rar
eS he 90 hr ma HsGssa an Of 2o mGn
disposal OF the Russ ian comma ndrr nrd which
according To MIR. Bouiger. will provo a ser
NiG.abie auxiliary corps.
4, When Russia had conquered tho khann'es
there was still hard work for her armies south
oil the ONus, where large tribes al wild Turko-
mans constantly menaced her enter pr ses and
K2xa c and Erh Els .si
the Tek6- Turk omans. the greatest slave hunters
and mos, law,ess nomads who roamed tho
desert Of Kara k!lm. Last year tho last strong-
hold Of this tribe was occupied by Russian
sroops. II was the earth fort they were buiid.
when O'Donovan visited them four years ago
Ms rnmparts. forty feet high and sixty feet
pieces and Morv now forms part Of the Rns-
siinn Ir2nscnspian province. Years before Sir
central Asia, had told the British government
tlht ilerat is ~ 10 mercy Of the General who
occ9pieS Merv.' But public opinion in Eng
land dli not keep pace with the march Of
events IN ASA, and II was not TIL tho Russian
forces had lett the Merry oasis nuI rereivr5