Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-19


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integrity Of Afghanistan lies IN the
British alliance.
STOOD AND ACTED ALONE
"Nor should it be forgotten that in
carving out the policy Of consolidation
which have described. Abdurrahman has
stood and has acted alone. His is not,
perhaps. the sort Of nature that relies
mucn upOn exterior Couns J. or that COM
mits its plans 90 powerful ministers or
| confidential agents However this may be-
| nj no court that have ever seen IS there
| less OF the clientele of government or Of
an administrative or executive hierarchy
| than an Kabul. The Ameer is the sole
| g0yernmeut. lie has no ministers. He
| IS his own prime minister. his own for
| cgn minister. his own finance minister
| Many Of On" civil, and judicial functions
| Of government he delegates, with wise
| forcthoucht, 90 his eldest son. Sirdar
| UIbihulllh Khan. who viii Succ 81 NM
| But iu al the essentials Of rule he. and
BE- alone. exists There IS hardly any
thing from thu command of an army or
| tue government Of a province 10 the cut
az uniform or the fabrication of furn.-
| ur- that Is not personally controlled boy
him. H. IS the brain and eyes and ears
| az an Aflhaui-tau. Tn" danger OF SD
| SUPP. me a concentration is NOT felt while
| it lasts. II only em"rses when. ID the
| course Of nature. it is Withdrawn. Then
the faculties IN others whose dey tlOpment
has been thus tdcltly arrested are apt -
bee found paTa'yzed 10y their long mac
tWity.
.,Vh. Atneor would not b. the statesman
thar I talt. him H. be If his devotion o.
his country were not accompanied toy
frank racoguition Of its intrinsic lack Of
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staii.o,. and rms ne l. doing much 10 inn
yro,.. tho NATIVE brood of horses and
sheen ! do NOT say that tho abortion or
any. or even an. thes- measures 10y an
9utocr4t whose intellect may be- gene
r1,ions in advance Of that OF his people.
and whose Ughtest within Is Jaw, j.
synonymous with national resusctdton,
or will straightWay convert Afshanlstdn
which Is now a weak country, into "a
ID
all stems i'm the right direction; thai they
will tend 10 break down the barrier which
character history and religion have COM
hineI 10 erect between the Atghans ana
civilization, and that by making them
happier. more comfortable. more re-
sourceful, and, above AN, less ignorant
their present ruler VIII II ne HN's o."
carry out his plans. nave dohe Huch To-
ward infusing his subjects with that soil
dartv In which they are AZ present so
painfully lacking
a few words may be added about tn
pors0nal ASPECT and attributes Of tho
Amer. 4 man Of great stature, Of co..
lossal personal strength, and OF CORE
spending stoutness ~ frame when IN his
prime. he is now much altered by SICK
ness from the appearance presented, FOR
instance, By the photographs taken al
Rawul Pinli Durbar in 1859. II may
that he has protited greatly by the chante.
\ large, but IN no wise un"Iedy, inquire
sitting upright upon sHheh cunts "",-
spread over a low charpoy or belstedo'
the limbs encasea IN close-utuhS lamps
wool garments; Il tur-lined pehsse hahs-
ing oyer the shoulders. and spotlesS
white silk turban wound round the cont
cal Afghan skullcap Of cloth OF silver or
of gold. and coming low down on 10 the
forehead; a broad and massive counte-
nance with regular features. but COM
plexion visbly sallOw from recent illness;
brows that contract somewhat as the
speaker is bordering or arguing; luminous
black eyes that look out very straighty
and hXeily, without the slightest move
ment or Wavering; black mustaehe,
close clipped upon the upper lip and
carefully-trmmed black beard, neither so
long nor so luxurlant as OF yore, framing
. mouth that responds TO every express
sion. and which. when il opens (as not I'M
frequently it happens) to loud laughter,