The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-16

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nelles to the British aeet.
IN BAD RoX,
Con. Stephenson, commanding
| the British forces on the
/ Milo above Cairo, reports
% the government thst IL will DO nrlcti-
cally impossible to move the British
| troops from Dongo.a during the summer,
b cause ,hey would have to proceed so
slowly. The Nile, he says, Is no. navi-
Of water transportation, tina soldiers
would have to march along the river
banks over mountain spurs, bare rocks
aud Shelterless bluffs, under q sun that
you'd bo simply their destruction.
rIE ARREST OF AYOUS KAHN,
the eX-Ameer of Afghanistsn, by tho
the Persian authorities, was made on
British minister ~ tehoran.
The report That Ayoub Kahn medi-
tated hght iuto his old dominiou
for the purpose ofstirrlng up hi4subjects
against Abdurrahnian, the present ru-
Ter, nnd IL favor of Russia, is cOrrobo-
rated. 1t is stated that Ayoub had ar
ranged To 20 TO Askabad and there Join
accompany into Afghanistan, where he
intended 10 set up his claims to the pres
ent ameer throne.
THE ROSE-CoLoRED AND THE REALITY.
The recent mail advices from India
differ significantly from tho Official tale
grams recently received concerning tho
loyalty to ENGLAND of the native chiefs
and people. The official dispatches, it
seems, have been unwarrantably rose
colored. They have without exception,
declared tho Indian princes were impa-
tent to display their loyalty to
England by rushing to battle
against the Russians. Mail Sdyices
materially modify the expectations on
gendered by the official kilograms, and
indicate that there Is feeling existing
pretty generally among the Indians,
which, under certain circumstances,
might prove anything bat advantageous
10 British prestige in the event OF
stubborn and prolonged anti Russian
conflict. The native Indian press is, 20
be sure, nearly unanimous in tayor OF
war, but the careful observer can dis
corn in this newspaper advocacy OF
war, wherever it is unbampered, more
of a national Indian feeling of resist
ance to Russian aggression than OF sin
cere loyalty to purely British interests.
WHAT THE PRESS ADVOCATES.
The La Hore Tribune calls for g ma
| tioual Hindoo army, which VIII no. be
be composed of mercenary Sepoys, but
o. volunteers, recruited on national
basis.
y
of all able bodied men.
The Kurrachee Times urges that
council OF war, composed of native
princes, be called to meet at Calcutta
and adopt war policy. 1t also advises
thaS the council offer 100000 troops t.
| the Indian government to resist RUSSIA
The Madras Hindoo predicts that the
struggle against Russia cannot be sue
cesstul, unless India be armed to assist
! England.
Most of the other native organs dis
cuss the situation in much the same
terms.
1t will be observed that all these In
| dian papers clamOr for general lndlar
armament for the formation OF a atiYt
Indian volunteer army.
Other Indian papers, which may be
moro under official influence, urge the
formation of an Anglo-Indian force rs
preferable to a purely Indian corps, un-
less the latter be Differed by English
men. 1t is plain from all this that while
there exists among the people OF lndla g
strong national feeling in favor OF Wal
against any Russian invasion OF India
the Indians associate claim OF equal
political rights with the ma
tional defense and do not look
upon themselves rs mere dependents
upon Great Britain for projections. 1t
is difficult to estimate at present just
| how prevailant aud strong this feeilns
of national indenendenCe is, but many
shrewd foreigners who have visited In
dia, suspect that it is sufficiently preva'
lent and strong TO prove dangerous
if too far ignored oy Great Britain
AN ADVANCE ORDERED.
General Stewart in anticipation oil
instructions to advance his entire In
dian command, has ordered an advance
by way of Quettah of the artillery corps
now stationed in the Kopat, Peshewaur
and Hazard districts. The utmost So
cresy is maintained about the move
| nttia of the British troOps