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Show 1B.A WAR 18 OVtflt. England's Afghan war baa tcrml ualt:d, a treaty of pence having been aiiitd by the contending purlieu, ftLd duly ratified by the respective powers, At one tiniii tii a war turnatenul lo be oriuusiy disastrous both to the British aud tho country they invaded. The Ckmp&in ht!g.iu List rfep'.tjmbcr, nod en liie purt of the (.neon's forces, was carried on through ft mott ditlieult country, which on a formt'r occasion bad proven to them terribly expensive in tho matter of lives and money. Military Bcience had to be abandoned, aud proyreea irtva mudo by alow etaca and at imminent' peril to the troop;) K ho foi wekct together were iu dinger of being cut ofl and elaugh-tort'd. elaugh-tort'd. Yit the dangerous deliloa wcra traveratd, and the little army preiBcd bo closely upon the Ameer that ho wny obliged to tleo bid homo and take refuge on foreigu auil. Xbe fatea, as well aa the forcp, were od the eide of the British. Soon afcer , Sucre AH'b tlight, the old man died, leaving a half-dczen claimants of the throne, aud each with hia followers and supporters. Had the peoplo been united under one acknowledged Under the quick peace- that has followed would have long been delayed, and could have been aecured only at frightful coet. The Eogliub unquestionably unques-tionably realized thi fact, hence ' " j ogrson whose claims On THE OriLY RELIABLE KflautiiOBo of LUti? ftSSOSTED Wn ' directly wi:h ' A d government, LarpoGtr JThe uegotiitioua woiKht r;u iCU conducted on toU?w' Ie principle, one Orr o lu0 torUB lur ljotu-20 ljotu-20 V tirat said what tbey d in return lor it they pro- 'abliah Yiikoob Khan al l he nation. Ua dared nut demands, because he w-ia ower io resist them, atd iDight havi cost bitn what Jt coveted, hia father's title, oestowed it upon cua of the other jpirauts who could conaeut to become be-come the tool of England. Yatook pursued the wiser course, lor while he surrenders pretty nearly tvery-' tvery-' " thing that is valuable to an Oriental monarch, he retains the name and will be supported in hia poaititn by bis conquerors. Under the circum-st&uceihehaa circum-st&uceihehaa to be thankful th,U ha ha bceu dealt with so liberally. It wculJ b:vo been pretty nearly aa easy for the British bad ihey gone straight to Cibul arid set the English U.ig to the brefze there instead ol stopping fif:y niiloB away fud concludiua a pe.ico at Gundamuk. Nothing like a preciss tttemont of the treaty ha been telegraphed to this country, though enough has come to warrant the asserlici th.it Ene-land Ene-land hs obtained all she wanted. Afghanistan his been reduced to a sort of colouy ot Great Britain. It is true the country retaius its rulorp, and nominally conducts ila internal aQ.iirs.but tho British have an indirect supervision overall, besides the "free ruu" of the territory. An Eugl.eb mission, with a sniAli army, should the latter be deemed neoessary, will rcsido at Cabul, and other represvMiUtives of the British government will live at points along the frontier, which by tho way, has beeu KmoVb'd some distance dis-tance heyoud the old Indian line. The Eogtiah also become supreme Aa guardians, protectors ana advisors of te Ameer, thin 6hu!tii'g out other poTrre, uctab'y Kussia, whxh Uiler was ir;ibitious lo occupy the txact potiiiju toat Mjor Cavg-nari Cavg-nari has sfvured fur hie imperial niUtrcss. W hoeter, hereafter, makes war upen Afghanis-tan, euccuu'.ers Great Britain ai hia enemy. |