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TO bride the Ameer with Indian money. as bufrer
against the armies OF the Car. In enlarging on
the first Of these points Lord George Hamilton
speaks with something more OF sincerity:
The tribes have learned in your military service
many lessons OF war and they are able TO supply
theuiselyes with arms of precision and ammunition
to a degree quite unknown in former Gays, MI.
blockades and punitive expeditions sui'iCco u oi'e
them 10 terms
Even this is capable of translation The tribes
are fine fighters, finely armed; small punitive eN-
petitions no longer suffice to bring them 10 terms
Nor il may be added do large punitive e*Peoi
tions seem much more successful; FOR aiter an
army of seventy thousand has been In the heid loi
months the Viceroy OF india cables. three days
before the date Of this dispatch. II cannot promise
a speedy settlement"
Another formidable fact the preaching OF tne
Mullas by no means confined to the Pathan Nils
but spreading stealthiy over all India This preach
ing is ''of the widest and most inaccurate charac-
ter but always appealing to the fanaticism OF 'he,'
encourage significant instance OF this was al
forded by a letter found in the house OF Muila
Sayad Akbar and which contained the informa-
ton that Alden seaport which was In the posses
sion Of the British has been taken from them by
the Sultan. The SueZ Canal, through which the
British force could easily reach India IN twenty
days has been taken possession of by the sultan
and has been granted on lease 10 hussid'
The British forces now require six months TO reach
fighting strength and their power TO combine have
simultaneously increased OF late years. They
provide additional and substantial reasons why the
state of the tribal country Immediately outside our
settled territory should have become matter CT
much more serious concern than heretofore.
THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
And having thus blown hot. Lord George Hami'-
ION straightway proceeds 70 blow cold again. Inc
tribes are formidable. and we'll armed, but they
cannot be forcibly Glsarmed says LORD George ne
cause then the Government would nave 10 uhoer-
take to protect them, and che game IL TOT worth
the candle or to use the more polite phrase OF the
Secretary ~ state: 1T is necessary that the gain
should be commensurate with the expense. This
wise aphorsn is also applied TO the principle OF
occunv,ng posts through the tribal country
7 wish 20 impress upon Your Excellency the ad-
Visibility OF establishing regular troops nowhere
sxcant in such posts or localities and under such
conditions ~ will enable them to promptly repeI
any attocks upon them and OF making the local or
r;Ioi icves assume as far Is possible. the aspect
ne nscessary in framing these arrangements that
an estimate of the cost Of frontier defence lncuo,
is e. ~, g. me- s,nce full regard must be
had to financial considerations
u ,s needless 10 follow Lord George Hamilton
through the refnements ana quailhcatiohs WIN
which he hedges every positive proposition ne puts
forward as TO the path to be followed b. the Ind
g., Co,.-nmont in the future. His advice is so
balanced with cautions that It may DC made to
mean ANYTHING or nothing; and this fact has the
more .irniacance II 1t be remembered that this dis
patch Which was published In London long before
It could h nave I. Written at the House OF Com
mons In the existent state of party feeling i can;
R R9I be to hG 6fd sa s daSne already called
on to take against sea OF tro9nl s me
than faithful imitation III TIC o"~H'''''' 40 fNS
ton.