The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-29
THE WAR IN PAMIR.
British Troops Capture a Fort
From the Rebels.
MANY ARRESTS OF NihiLlsTs.
Duke of Cennaaght Shoots Prince Christ
ian Of schleswfg- Hoistein I'm the
Eys-BeIIe Euton's Twins.

carrr7Ta, Dee "a cisys.ch from 65lyl'. o.
the Cashmere frostie-, states that ihs ETlt4sa
forces have rns6s forward E1OTs-nsot sSs1Ess
the Hnnzs ard niger tribes Of hiA T2sa sHa
ta&t they espt1re6 another tosT located saSf.
ckta1ee from the fort Ct siIt
TIE stoyrz1ag force consisted of I'D lss1 p
tie Cashmere rezinasnt, under Asgtens1f 4sy-
Tor ard Assoy saith They scEisc TIE 1s1gns
Opposite Tia fort and eaytzSse tie stone SrsssI
works, the defenders Of which were kscs =
check By kesvy Ere from tbs Elii io;t- o2@
hundred and siEaissn prisoners were '&kS1-
The uo.ors0rsae.s % gussis's iatriguss "A tbs
region vsssrs conflict hzs sglee3 SAs p gfS4s
come tine szo thsi gol.9<. , Dll- 80 -
frIhexasn near filEft, -&s s1saEaGnsc 70 cAIlLA
for a conferences win tie v1csrDg q 4l1AA
This confereDcs took pace ~ oetSLss' So = Z
resgr D1rsnG Yscsjge1 orders. DzsS1 upon
frrobaoe events, which sEtDgTlzsz- AK
10 extend tie military road ffozn 03lsi % S1A-t-
Ills work was eorane1es1 a. sOOa - TIE GU
rusi returned 20 his cCzu11sD9- he tfSs@ns
kost5iifiss orsgingts7 II = chance s2c0E1 ssf L.
tween tie triDesESsD and tias i0TGss W. se.s
o. work building the road Bs4aioTeezaeits
have Deen pushing forward 20 tl8gsf ever ssoee
tie EiesrOy becAs9e cguvlaee1 n hls fos3S.s1e e
With D1raaG, that 0gt5-eaE eoslS nj 4D2ig
fs syertsa Thss, adssuee. however, las osen
hsmYere6 ~ tie pfsvElsles 81 snoSss9;E-s q
unusual seysr1sT.
Nn3ls Colonel Dr-&na sa6 his stsE we're re-
trrnfug % blsgt from 5lnals toward the end o.
OctsDs- they were f0ree1 ~ pass through t@E-
rte storms ana we're - 10 lite eaagSK 41@y
nearly lost t5sir Dxggxge. al sts1SfS2 grSst.y
from the extreme eold- Tbs 1il1e15fT u 11&x-
fug TIE Ezsssgs q the mountains UncS. s2ch
weather conditions esn y sEaAg.ns2 ron tSs
fat ..as bullock t-s5B wA&tA recently cane
down the Giigft lost fifteen drivers SD 20 zs1-
mails. Soras 81 the pGss-s when ff1st u fEET-
stsed are 400 fest sbsDEs ia eTsi d thz sea
7 sss latest reiEfOreelle3ts cent 20 the sesas
were armed Elfa two seTszi-l ,szad gazing g2E4-
TIE fores agz54aDls 81 or Csssf aid TIE rein
fofceEnsgis. taken togei1s+, make ~ a. Elective
Y
tlgnate If Osly tritesEae3 we're expected - Be
encountered u - rot s2ouDts1 tazt The battle
with usisTes VIII lead HODsisr or Later % . meet
ing of Rass 81 and Brltish tr0oFs, tbOsgA y
nay L. tEAt K1-s4An G rlszllscy VII s1oessS4 n
making tie a1se3ing Z hArz8lsss - = z famous
affair q PeDeseus E4eo z. tbs TINE u IL ce1r-
eses sseHIs1 - certain - plEogs tAe E5T@l liz
tore into os0o+y var
The beginning 81 TIE trouble was Ia whgi -
low known the 1o4ugh1so sn1 iBe.4s1I
Late last s4TGT1er party Of kGss1aDs. nET1o-sT-
ing e2gEt O13gsrs. ks AgyS&L8sn ana zCTEy IL
fErssy fosGisf., E1sg3e al exploTl1g expedition
t0gsn3s Afghan Chifrsl and TIE Chinese D9u1-
oeriess which al Epgroaca each other % the
FsEasr- CAPTAIN iO12gsastss1d, = bs4sIsa
officer, and probably BrII..h AGENT, wSs
snen on journey - Chllese IEFkestA1, End
hearing Of the presence cs TIE Russian 1etzeh-
Eaenf u question. be started OCT - nseet Il A.
Bozai Gufn1sz lie me: K7sssGn advance post
and sent word Of its presence - GllgIf. TIE EzI-
est Bd,ssh fgri Tie Russian party Eseg ~
Cspfsia 1ounghUE5zn1 consisted 81 tga Coz
e2ek tDfa1fFF sD.1IEfs = fAA5ge u supplies
Five Russian ofHcsfs, surveyor and a. escort
Of tharty mounted CossEeEs ne laarn12 Sad
rore forward Il the direction Il nE.-a! Tais last
party - sitter returned % Eozai GBGlnzz and
treated Cgpta4E Young 0sbs1d very gel The
Officer n Command EoSsse-, informed tie
British oft3esr thst Russia claimed the whole
county Up - the Kh0Te B&aEs Ezzss. ] ~ party
Under Colonel GEuO3 then went On % .o.n a
Eusstsa advance party Of sixty I2en and OIL
cxYs - no we're on TIE Great gezg5r.
On the following csy number OF Russian
EOrsskosu rode ~ 70 Captain 1Dungh1s5sud Q
esnp, sg1rrcIunded Lis tent, and thsir command
&C. - f~,F~ raN 49,
orders lad been received that morning iron the
Russian governor general TIA; Captain Yong
husband and another brlish oflesr with him,
Lieutenant Dawson, were 10 Ds ceportsa 70
CslEess territory
Colonel YaroH, however, Informed Captain
Younghusoauc that II be would undertake 20
proceed thither without rs-entsring che newly
annexed territory BY certain passes, which he
named. the captain would oe Permitted 70 20
alone. Otoerwiss be would hse ''escort%4" ~
detachment Of Coss&ckk. Under protest. Cap
tain Younghusbsad 6gres1 70 do a. suggested,
and retirsd 70 Taghdumb1sh, PaIlir, where he
took precautions 70 see that the kussisns did
Dot move forward on Hunzs or send arms 10 tbs
ksnKustis without his being aware Of IL Il
would appear, however, that arms have reached
Hunra. Tor il is from thai locality that the pres-
eat tro1 lie com meuced.
When Captain Younghusbend started for Bo-
Kaj Gumbsy lie sent Lieutenant DAWSON, who il
said 70 have been travelling IN Eastern Iurkes-
stan during HE leave Of absence. 20 the AiIcaur
IAlr u report 70 hinn the state Of Affairs there
~ the Allchur pass Lieutenant Dawson was
fugnd By Colonel YHnok and BIS COxsaeks and
ia spite 81 the protests OF CHaDg, the chief Chi
nsse official there. the lieutenant wAs taken
prisoner ~ the Russians, carried 10 Dsh ana
thence 20 MarghllGa. AT tie latter place be was
liberated az the request OF Mr.. Elliott. secretary
81 the Brush embassy az 81 Petersburg, who
happened 70 he travelling vita tie Russian gov
eFuoT- general.
Lieatsnau, Dawson eventually reached the
Tsghdumoash pass, shere BE reloined Captain
younghusbau1 They both reached Gilgit on
October u and reported the whole affair 70
Colonel DgTaud.
So. zs..-- 81 \.
steiy after the receipt OF Captain Younghus-
bands communication informing him OF the
presence OF Russians so dangerously near Bril-.
IN territory, Colonel Duraud dispatched two
British officers AMI ten uaen each - establish
communication with the Atghaas, with the in
fgnfiua OF getting them - block the passes 10
ChiiraI- TIE British officers were both too late.
One Of them Travelled by the AshkoIaan valley
and bad 81 Turn aside, owing 20 the river being
rendered irnpEsssbis b. foods The second on
Ger went VIA fss.1 and CT 50 lar a. Ssrhsd-
There. however. he was met by the Afghan gov
GfuOF - k4ls PAnsa, who insisted upon his GO
tBg back, ssy2ng lie had ssso insisted upon the
E1ssiEua g0iuE back q short time previously.
seee fSo unfortunate British officers met each
o;hef near t1e Bsroghih pass, Aud had eysuiu-
ally - rep0f. Tie complete failure OF ihe.r mis-
t.alA
Tie object Of the Russian expesItson lowering
tie frontiers 81 British lads is said 70 be 20
give solidarity 70 certain claims wa4ca they
have vaguely put forward from time - time II
their efforts q E4yRuco southwark the deuag-
eating line agreed upon IN ie71 That lne fol-
lows pretty closely ope 0! the northern head
waters q the 0xUs. II left B4iskhsEgn ineiut-
snE the northeastern angle o. SILVA, w&hlu the
Afghan territories, or dependencies IL A-s0 ran
north 20 rnIchnan and tie whole o. tie Pagair
region COW IN dlspu;e. Bat the territorial
claims - this region were lelt 81 open question,
Ana tie region Itself was supposed 70 form an IN
defined Geutrai ground between the territories
al Russia On tie north, AtEhanisia1 o. the
south an1 Chinese IuTkesiaD on the east The
eastern portion, IA loose way, was SUP posed 70
belong - Eastern IuTkestaa.
When CSiua pat down the Mshom medaa
rising some fourteen years ago aud thereby
regalnsd her asccu1Ancy IN Eastern Turkestan,
abe reinforced her claims 10 the eastern border
o. tne AAcSgr Faulr, within the neutral gone.
! be recent claims o. Russia ignore the claims
OF China and the sexual facts .. Chinese suEeE-
Alnty ever this traet.
China anu Aighauisian srs the two immediate
sufferers Oy the present Russian movement and
II i n connection WITH the latter country that
the ooA.gatlous snd engage tneats OF Great EFi1-
an may 81 last bring her Into open conflict with
Russia on the Indian frontiers Tie Russians
20 81 intents aud purposes. Rre trying - sGosti-
TUE n southern hsSd-Eatfr 90 the ONus for the
more noTtLern one agreed urol a. a line Of
oemsrAafion n ISIS and - enclose TIE immense
tract o. tSrTltory intervening between the two
rivers. To this they have arpareutz = aided a
further eneroachUent on Atgaaaletau by draw
ing geographical line across BaGAShsEan and
claiming fhe territories which lie north Of il 10
% the line OF tie Oxus, agreed GpJa41 lS-a
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