The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-26

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| wa! III Will 'nes nave oeeH uip"sn' inNo
| some sort OF order is very much the line
| OF action which Mr.. Coluuhoun seems to
| think it would be good to take with In
| dia in general FIRST selected officers
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| ~ - So "i'i 'He .aoh VI % ~, ~, ms
| in some cases 1eadinq nativee were dealt
| with and given mover over their own dis
| tricts R,,f mis- sometimes resulted in the
willy Afghan's stirring nm n revolt merely
! X CT "a, -. y n,aySSirg e VI SoT
| 1y,bonr sars.
/ more successful mc'hed was that OF convert,
ing many Of the hiilinen iEto hohner ponce ana
~ E,Eins mem mA.a SlaIs, uoii'5 in
90 49,, ~ ,ti' i lersbitx WIS
| ADOPTED in order to ensure the detection and
punishment Of offenders: that is to say when any
offence was committed. the whole village or
trlbe. as the case might be, 10 "hch Inc "Hehcc
eeIonstu' was helu ftSpohsipie NM ',le wv.
;i ~fs siii ~, ~ ~ S , IayIcd
on The community concerned This system was
rot altogether pleasing to the bill tribes, and
consequently gave to frequent disturbance
among the more turbulent, occasionally even
resulting IN declaration OF war against tne GOV
erne"' "S soe 'o'e nan u--aii ii.ia5 ,ore
sent, at grea; expense TO the field of action, the
whole affair being perhaps eventually settled
without much loss on either side, by the exac-
ton OF a nominal fine. These expeditions, IN
fact, were frequently awaited by the tribes with
feeling rather OF expectation than Of dread
for the natives had already learned that an eN-
trcnely humane policy toward thCm was to be
relied upon; and the introduction OF SO many
( troops into a district brought with it opportunI-
ties for trading and other benefits.
IT. ,,,,b,- +; 90 .h. o,,;-io, tb,+ q ri,-
- 90, - Va i.; -
orous anu uec'sNe assei 'Ion vi autnV ~, =, ~
would be more onective than any mildef
methods, and really more merclful in the
end As the problems which have con-
fronted England in Afghautstan are nat
/ u,lil,a ,hoca ,biob ,.jII ,roh,bIy confront
NOS "iien VII pIUpIois ~
inc ohI'eu Sta1es III lie mn pp hss, lnis
part OF the DOCK should De OF particular
interest to American readers.
Then comes the consideration of the
worry J,nnortant nuastion whether England
ebou1d trv To cbeck Russia's advance into
Nv - ~ -, r. ~ =, "a
AAsHdHis' IAN "a ieii-'ih "hSie n.te - anu
content herscif with keeping Indla IN or
der and being ready to repel invasion. In
this connection the author quotes Wyilie,
who ridiculed the phantom of a Rus
sian invasion, and comments on that Dip
iomats sarcastic picture by quletiy re-
marking that II is a fairly good statement
OF what mas actually peen accomplished.
Wylhe SAID;
According to these alarmists. what we have u
expect is as follows: In a very short time the
Russians VIII have military colonies on the oHus,
AZ; S' Ia Jul ai. u ioiu 'foop5
sra,n Wer, tbc t.r,iie tsnts ~ tho v,Ircah oftar
easy access to Herat simultaneously, smaller
column will proceed through Takhtapul and the
defles Of the Hindu kush to occupy kabul
fefSia, oil course VIII act IN al1iahee WIZ the
hi F oa u a. I'r. ~.
,nents ,srcbiT, n I'm the sborss 81 tho Css,,,n
Sea and the districts of Khorasan. Some DELAY
must occur at Herat, for tina; city the key OF the
position will have to be fortified and proyisionec:
and cham oil smaller iofts on eitheI side VIII
10 % Iaia ga iI ,bs
south But the interval viii he We'll redeemed
by disarming The hostility AID securing the
cooperation of the Afghans. The darling dream
OF the whole ration Is to plumber India, and Rus
STA will offer them that guerdon, and the Testora-
ton of their old provinces OF Pceshawar and lash
mir 10 boot. Then some fine morning early III
spring 10000 disciplined troops OF Rus
STA and Persia, in conjunction with countless
horde of wild Afghan auHilaTies, VIII be launch
cd, Tesstless avalanche, upon the doomed
plains of the southern II Dorado, and there at
once Is the end OF our Eastern empire
c.: H. 7 ..o.,o. ,,.,, ,,,,oeod 20 INV
Sii Johh Ia eLee ""s OPPOa ~ -
thlhS put ueteHsiNe poiic!' anu MS 'le"S
prevail TO ms DAY, thougn some ADVANCE
has been made in search of scientific
frontier. There are people in this country
u,bo coneidor that tho modification of a
$3.50. =; - Ill "a ,ir,,ort,n+ ,,,t-
iloh'Ief Is small anu uH!Hipoi .',Ht ~
and ,sra ~ bbine snirit pnt when If ie
coreidnred that the rosseeefon of an adj
vantageous slice of territory along a
threatened border-line may make all the
dffsararca b.+y,ae,, tbo roten+ion mr. loss of
- r; o.taiui 49,. i1o1 ~
an eIhpIie ooIi ''i-iHs wv hI44u Gu ~
elghty mlIilohs OF people, with all theF
varying interests, whose prosperity de-
ponds more or less upon the continuance
Of British rule the matter assumes a
r,,,o-,-ta. - oa-,-,,LI .-,+
sunni ,i"' IHoio 4eo'OiAOie "aPIo',
AHoIheT interesting PardsFdPn Is 10 pe
found in the chapter on Russia in Cen
trail Asia"
7, l.; p,,.sia,s ro,;cr IN doro1o, +bo roso,,r.,e
NJ .t,barist" md os Nth he co,,rtry ca
Nh otbcrs ~ Ca-.r,I A., VII sbs c.n
Jelo c,,lti,.aticr ba vii ,-o,,iJe s+,rat,,,ss
Co.. ~ 80 ,rbar sto ,rfl,e- r. i,ti,,,e a., In,
,a5i,, sr,- w. sI cav, ds,aI,, Lr ,'ji,,s,,
systems She viii have the means Of trapsnor,
rtt,d,, 70 ber bsnd Sbe rms at re-Cre,tiyr Inc
tcr,iiit- ~ +be C,er+r,I an gtennos and thu,
fr,,,;uo, fresb bases fo- f,rtber ,dvtnce This dir
fculty Of providing food for her armies has al
ways been one Of her hindTances, and she las
hoped to hnd IN some point abroad territory
MIgie NJ, uGUps eob d ,,.ooooeJ
frst Tlsbfeat was Iooked upon as possible
granarv then Bokhara. then Khojeut, and the
country between the Jaxartes and Oxus, known
as the Garden OF Central Asl3. But now, al
l-t, ~ ''i t -, NJ al
-'''' van -
Mr.. Colquhoun further says In this con-
nection:
II commercial development merely were the
object, there Is plenty OF room on the Asiatic
continent Tor snch deVeIopihIhl, without e,i,
c,,,r,I ." ,' I,sre in o,estion ,itbanrb Rus
sia might be within her rights, Britain would
60 far as possible; for, although .he latter cary
obtained a practical HoHOpbiS ol iit bt'L
markets open, welcoming all competitors, while