New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05
THE CASUALTIES At MALANDR PASS
THREE SOLDIERS OF the british cfrrRAL TX
Petition KILLED ANp FIFTY WOUNDED
THE TNIMYS loss 500 KILLED

Calcutta. Apr. TN the night AT Mllandr Pass
on March o. j. a. learned. ID" loss - the British
Cu.tra expedition wa- three killed and h;iy
wounded The ri my lost 80 Killed mra Khan o.
reported 20 have captured two BRUSH officers Hun
,lre.I- II natives are Hooking Co his STANDARD.
Al Of The reported caslaltics 10 the British force
refer - the Second Brigade The other brigade has
10; been heard from.
The news Of the operations Of this BRUSH expcli-
ton into the heart OF the Pamr Mountains. "ihe
roof Of ID" world" is not contradictory ~ "a recent
cable dispatch which reported that England had
definitely come 20 an UNDERSTANDING with Russia III
regard - thc.r respective claims upon the iamr,.
such an understanding may have been rendered
moro feasible con "quenc' OF tn Chinese-Japa-
nose war china In the past competed WIKI Russia
and England for the possession nominal AZ least ~
one portion II the mountainous region the eastern
side which she claimed as having ever been IN
cluIad within th, limits Of the Celestial Empire The
two European Powers. not -ltisn"l with the similar
nominal uose.. sion ~ the other sides of the noun
;alns y.ere d-puiEg constantly about the Chinese
portion some par; OF which each one Of them
wanted t. .iZ~. The Picking dpiomatists smiled
alternately upon RUSSIA and England. playing the
Oh. agans; the other and widening the!r differences.
But now that CHINA has something more important
10 attend 10 than the Pamirs, nor TWO Western
dividing arrangement reported by the cabl"
Il would have been the easier beciu+e, ~ said
above there can b" no real conquest 81 the Pamr
region. but only nominal possession OF thosc
mountainous Processes. Nho-c inhabitants have often
inflicted terrible defeats mon those who pretended
actually to rule them. They are the janitors OF
;hr country through whirh pass the roads leading
10 aad from India. and England merely aims at
rendering them constantly amiab.e toward her. or
cnartlsing them whenever they make a show Of hos
tlitV. This s tho purpose of the actual expedition
aglins; Tmra Khan and his followers England
wants them to remain within hcr sphere OF action.
and Seeks to cOnstran them to fulhi thcir part
toward her. which consists IN barring the road TO
Northern invaders whenever occasion shall re-
qdrc H. u is not question Of territorial hggrln-
dizc,n"nt. OF conquosts Ia the proper sense OF the
word. Thl- rs why he British agents sent To the
l[hauS who govern In the Chitral or the Warirstan
are instructed not to interfere with the Internal
affairs of these small domiuions. ON the contrary.
far from imposing upon thtm any tribdt". the Ind
ian Government often grants them more or les
large subsidies Bat these attempts AT gaining ends
ly 1nc US. OK money ana at inatitutiug KIND Of
tutciagc and surveillance are frequently rcpulsc1
with disi1in 10y the naughty chicita!ns. In such
cases the Calcutta Government manages TO find
some protest for sending an ultimatlm Ike that
forwarded ID Cmra Khan, which was 10 expire on
April !. He ia not comply with IL, and the eNpe-
dition begun against him.