The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-26

II necessary, but there is not the slight
est necessity to do 1t until we have
the Arridis, and 1t would be
wei. II possible, to put II Oft for three
weeks. rs it is frightfully hot there just
now. 1t is not worth garrisoning the
pass with our own troops. In these
narrow places you cannot put a large
number on to the west of the hill be-
cause OF sanitary conditions. There is
the water supply to be considered, and
It is impossible To locate Il large num-
Der In small place, having due regard
TO hcalth. All Musjid is q little comical
MI sticking UP in the middle of the
khybcr Pass. do not suppose it would
hold more than two or three hundred
men, and then the sanitary conditions
would be such that they would probably
nave tremendous sickness before very
long. When we bring the tribes to
order we should probably re-employ
levieS for that particular part to oc-
cuDy position like Tran in sufficient
strength. 1t would be the sanitarium OF
the PeShawlir Valley"
Sir Robert had n word Of warning for
British newspaper readers. The forts
burned are mere barracks. For the last
fifteen or sixteen years they have been
simply turned into living places for the
tribal levles. People think the taking
oE all Musjid is another Metz. while in
reality 1t is nothing but group of huts.
Asked as to the causes of the feeling
or hiScontent and uncaSiness prevailing
throughout the whole of India, Sir
Robert Low said:
HOW THE REVOLT BEGAN.
ut is very much due to our own nc
ton. We have for many years allowed
treason TO be spoken and published, not
only by natives of India, but occasional
~ by our own people III india and at
home. EnGlishmcn look upon this as
just so much smoke, but OrIcntals have
not the common sense of Establishment
They look upCu it as true, and think
me nation IS becoming weak This
feeling spreads throughout our territory
even to the borders. There is not the
S!iSntest doubt that Indians papers are
read III Afghanistan. and made free use
or by people who are at enmitv with us
we have to look also to the fact that
certainly since Lord Itipon's time we
have been educating large numbers of
natives, but instead OF getting the best
OF the population, who would be pre-
pared to pay for their education. we
nave got the scum of II, and every man
VINO receives our education, unless he
gets Government employment undoubt-
ed!y feels that he is ill-tvea ted, and be-
comes an enemy of the Government.
This Is also looked upon as n sign of
whom would dream or allowing such a
ihihG on his own territory for one mo-
ment. as regards the outbreak on the
frontier there Is not the slightest doubt
IN the world that these tribes would
never have risen had they not felt per-
fectly sure in their own minds that they
were heavily backed. probably by Afg-
haniStan The Amccr is in a very diffl-
CUT position. When you look to the
Signs OF the last four or five months.
10 his summcninG all the Mullahs for n
conference. and TO his withdrawing his
agents from our seaports. there is very
little doubt. should ray, that he had
tnousht that, like a great many pco-
pie IN India, we really were becoming
weak"
Has the Sultan any influence in that
part of the world?"
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMBER.
Il should say Il had nothing to do with
Turkey. The AIMEE: is too conceitcd a
man to look 10 Turkey for advice. Any
thing coming from Afghanis:an IS sure
to be religious fanatic!sm. The Amecr
himself Is not such fanatic as his