Year: 1873

AS quit tne 1raKJeer AS VIC uesceuueu toWaru
. my eye Baaklava.. 1--WE seel. fine
catches an old Tartar chief, looking old man, who is
whose features look doubly seated on sheepskin at
grim In their frame Of the door OF his hut with
white hair, seated upon stern bronze features,
little square carpet before which look douby grim IN
strange, weird contrast arc hair It is strange con
the two ages Of Russian trast; on one side railways
history ON the one side and steamers, and tele-
the railways and tele- graphs, and all the apph-
graphs, the goldaced uni ances Of civilizations on
forms of the 10Th century; the other the last repre-
on the other the tameless sentative OF the ancient
guerrilla of the Eastern barbarism, unchanged since
deserts; the same In every the days when his fore
feature when his fore fathers swept all Russia
fathers swept Russia with a whirlwind COO years
with whrlwind years ago. He replies courteous
ago He replies courteous " TO salutatOns, but
but without losing for a ment the stately impassi-
moment the grand impas- bity which is the birth
sablty which is the birth right OF oriental
right Of AL Oriental races. One hardly conceive
In all my travels have stranger more touching
seen few finer spectacle than this grand,
touching spectacles than lonely, irrecaimable Old
this grand, lonely, ire savage, lingering in the
claimabe old savage, ling midst Of a world which has
world which has long since ten him.. "


OutgToWn and forgotten


him."


The Times-a very unusual thing with it-copes the
whole letter and paragraph from The Globe. An eXpla
nation accordingly forthcoming in The Daily Tee-
graph of Wednesday, and 1t will be fair to copy the
whole Of it. 1t is this


The Globe of ITuesday night extracted from An ne
Year Round passage contained IN an article ON the
almost identical with portion Of letter sent to us by
one OF our special correspondents now his way to
Khiya through Persia Nor is that surprising since 1t
is written by the hand We have represented to
Mr. Charles Dickens, the proprietor and editor OF All
The Year Round that our understanding with the CORE
spOnden In question is 20 write exclusively for The
Daily Telegraph, and Mr.. Dickens who was not pre-
viOuSy aware Of the circumstance has undertaken shat
no further contributions from the same author shall
during ms journey. be printed In AH ne Year Round
Tie writer for reasons sufficiently weighty in them
selves omitted all mention columns OF the pre-
locality whence his letter dated. and ms dis
patches were designedly kept a considerable time in
order that correspondent might be well on his way
at the date OF their issue.


But The Globe is satisfied 1t hirsts and hungers
for information, thus:


What we should like to be told s why the Special
Correspondent OF The Telegraph wrote, here, the
boundary line of the eyerlating desert this mantle
connecting link between a living and dead worlds
in his fitting place." when according 20 the article I'm
An he Year Round and The Duly telegraph OF tins
morning the same ola man was on the road connecting
SebastOpOl and Baakava. We confess it Is little stag
gering to be asked TO believe that the same Individual


was uet at Two spots SO VIDE apart ana II Is little
difficult TO believe the story penned by the author OF
such conflicting statements In short L embarrassing
10 believe anything at ali about TINS khiyan expedition
OF The Daily Telegraph or to place faith IN its pre-


tense to special knowledge even when II processes 10
Khva.


All this, again, is reproduced in this mornings Times
in company with the official explanation from the meal
pated paper To all doubt OF the importance it
attaches the matter The Times prints The Globe article
in its largest type cannot remember another instance
in which it has done such thing Its double departure
from its ordinary rules Is very significant. The Daily
Telegraph astounded by the appearance in The
Times Of the original Globe communication 1t
tent to reply The Globe with the paragraph above
quoted But it replies this morning to The Times In
leading article Of than column. Its exOrdium IS
follows:


While human nature remains what It is, every great
VIII provoke malice; and ungenerOus rivals will
assail and defame the popularity which they cannot
hope to diminish. The DAILY Telegraph has not escaped
these natural consequences Of its high position and in
huence; it is attacked directly indirectly almost
every day by organs whose praise would be the hardest
thing bear, while journals more sefrespectng but
less malignant, follow the rule OF suppressng every
mention Of it, except when an occasion seems TO offer
for doPy US damage As rule, silence Is the best and
most becoming reply 70 such transparent hOsutyi me
only Judge, the critic who anect the status
Of The DAILY Telegraph Is the public; ana the answer OF
that public TO these jealous assaults upon our reputation
has been always increasing recognition OF ~. They
know thar our uneGapeu pOstlOn mas peth won Oy an
upright CONSISTENT ana cohscenIous career OF ehef
gec journalism; and while they see u.s. without fear or
favor still doing them the best service we can IN every
department OF editorial duty their approval has been
sufficient response 10 the spite which dogs our sue
public and To the honor OF journalism unite 70 render
reticence part improper; and The Times IN It's
issue Of yesterday has furnished such an occasion.


You will not fail TO admire the Johnsonian role Of the
first sentence, which might serve as an opening TO
new Rasselas The Daily Telegraph submits the follow
ing crcumstantal statement:


The gentleman who wrote both the article and the
letter is matter OF fact, man OF character an
accomplished scholar, and graduate OF Oxford and
received the letter in question fron MN cOnsderi
bic time before the publication OF the quoted number IN
Al The Year Round lie had accepted rom US dfI
especial qualifications among them thorough knOwl-
edge OF the Russian language and an experienced tray
cling acquaintance with Centra ASIA ~ was due 10
MIN TO suppress the date and address OF his communi
cation which might have cost hun personal danger.
For the same his dispatches were kept imprinted
for some weeks In order that he might get well upon his
his energy Journalism has its'worthy as well its
worthy emulations that II we could succeed alone
enment of the public upon this important expedition IL
was no part Of duty 70 show how the victory might
be gained TO embarrass our correspondent with pos
sfe enemies The original manuscripts OF cOrre
sponpent lie our hand open TO the inspection OF The
Times cOroboration or what we say whe the editor
~ III The Year Round with that frank integrity which
is part OF the heritage OF his name has at once under
articles shall appear from his former contributor, who
In this repetition committed an regulaty rather than
a fault.


LONDON. May Sl.-The scandal about the Khiya
correspondence Of The Daily telegraph has grown
hotter than ever in the two days that have passed
SINCE summed up the history OF IT, The Times plainly
does not believe for instance, that The Telegraph kept
It's letters for weeks unprnted-a main point in the de-
fense. II remarks that:
tbe part OF contemporary who can anticipate the Rus
snlt Of AN expedtion and 1t would render SUI
peruOus the other precautl0n OF suppIeshhg the uas
aud addresses OF letters The proceeding Is AT least
very Singular one .he management OF an enterprsng
journal The correspondent was dspatched with such
tbe boundary OF he everlasting desert letters which
reached the Office OF The Daily Telegraph "some weeks
before
mad been rewarded by tire early arrival OF Information,
Id something unheard OF for enerprsng newspaper
90 saerice the legitimate honor OF anticipating It's CO



In this stage Of public opinion fresh incident
occurs and completes the embarrassment OF the
situation. The Hour, a new conservative daily,
publishes on Friday morning the letter OF cor
respondent who has discovered a fresh ootncl-
dence not less curious than the first OF the two eK-
traets one is taken from Ohdm6erss journal, oct. a.
1871 in description of Jddah !" the other from the
Of The Daily Telegraph OF May 1873
protesting 10 DO written from Tnls Here they are: