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Show Hliut Occasionea Ihe Dilll culty. London, 21. The dispatch pub lished by government from Lon Cranberk, aecretaryof state for India to Lord Lyttou, ia an indictment o tho frontier policy of Gladstone am tho admission aud defense of tht policy of the present government. I says the consistent aim of the iiritisl government, during a aeries of years has baen to establish on its north western border a Btrong, friendly am independaut Btate, with interests ii unison with thoe of the Indian gov emment and ready to act, in certaii eventualities, as an auxiliary in pre testing the frontier from foreign in trigue or oppression. It was consid ered that tho objects of the Britial government would ba best obliiiuei by winning the friendship and alii auce of tihero Ali aud his people by i friendly recognition of the cxiatini order of things and a policy of non interference. The outpoata of ltussii were then distant from the borders o Afghaniitan, and his lordship's gov eminent attached no special import ance to the probability and danger c the growth of the former power it tho direction of India, which the; considered would, in anycaso, best b restrained or rendered innocuous by friendly understanding on thi Kufisij.n cabinets, and early in 18G9 friendly negotiations were initiated in-itiated at St. Petersburg, which terminated in a very distinct un-deritaniing un-deritaniing and in a recognition, by the czar's covernment, of tho limits ol the ameer's territories, In complete accord with the wishes of Shere AU and the British government. govern-ment. The capture of Khiva by th a forcea of the czar in the spring of 1873, and the total subordination of that Khanate to Russia, caused Bheri Ali considerable alarm and led him to question the value of the pledges with reference to Afghanistan which Vad been given by the czar to England Eng-land and communicated by England to i-he ameer. Lord Northbrook was prepared to assure the ameer that, under certain conditions, the government govern-ment of India would assist bim to repel an unprovoked aggression, but her majesty's government at home did not share his highness' apprehension appre-hension and the viceroy ultimately informed the ameer that the discussion discus-sion of question would be best postponed post-poned to a more convenient season. The effect of this announcement on his highneB?, although conveyed in conciliatory language, was not favorable. favor-able. The policy which dictated it! was unintelligblo lo his mind1 nu ne rucmvvu it witu leeuuga ui a hagrin and disappointment. His ' i jply waa couched in terms of i n 1-disguised sarcasm, He took o notice of the viceroy's a roposal to depute a British officer to u samine the northern frontier of .fghaniatan. He subsequently re-ised re-ised permission to Sir Douglas orsyth to return from Kashgar to adia through Cahul. He left un- t juchrd a gifc of money lodged to his redit by the Indian govtrnmeut and enerally assumed towards it an atli-ide atli-ide of Bullen reserve. Such was the ' oaition of affairs when her majESty'si ' resent advisers asaumed office. The taiutenance of Afghanistan as a . rong friendly power had at all times aen the object of British policy. The j P lethod adopted in attaining that)11 aject had not met with the auccts3 8t lat was desirable. lis accomplish w lent was nevertheless a matter ofjw rave importance and it had non to ?, a conbidered with rolerence to the i '. ipid march of events in Turkistan CI er majesty's government could not1 W WILLI IUU1US1CUCU lilt) piuuuuitti. luence of those events upon the:,w iracter of an Asiatic prince, whoiG- ? ninions w?re thereby brought. r bin a Bteadily narrowing circle ween two groat military empires, j i although no immediate damage itin reared to threaten British interests the frontier, the Afghanistan lition in Central Asia had become licieutly grave to suggest the in :essily of timely precaution. '$5, ler majesty's government consid- ' d that the first step necessary was ins improvement io their relations 'sla U thn BiiiPr himaftll flnnac- H.t nil.y, when Lord Lytton waa sent the ndia, he was instructed to ofler the ' tra ier the protection he previously nai sited , namely substantial pecuni- Ur: aid, a recognition of his dynasty, ! me a pledge of material support oM nst unprovoked foreign aggres-lit ( , conditionally upon the ameer Sta iving the British agents to have um ss to positions in his territory, cx-! by Cabul, where they could acquire luk : worthy intelligence of events or y to threaten tho tranquillity and ace ueudeuce of Afghanistan. Such bar ss was necessary as a substantial ago fof the unity of the ameer's in- coo its with those of Great Britain, me abortive ending of the mission of me oel Sir LewiB Kelly ib then nar-1, nar-1, and the facts are brought out (he offers to the ameer were ex ingly liberal aud the demands l him not oppressive, but ho met T by rehearsals of grievances, dat- niai ins at Peahawur were terminated XI iq death of the ameer's envoy, fir3(, ihere Ali's language aud con- men had been so inimical as to y Lord Lytton in asaumiDf T1 hia overtures were practically n- ne ' i. The ameer persisted in bi-i lt endly isolation and ultimately, . ea ig two years ago declined to re- 0 a British envoy, ev2u tempo- Tb ', within his territory, on the func id that he could not guarantee pany ifely, received Russia's envoy, pe0p was received with every appear- helDf of ostentation, alao an embassy the czir dispatched to his court j ime when there were indications 001 in interruption of friendly rcla Sfl between thia country and Prus- lAle ight be imminent. jy these circumstances your excel- fa'd0-represented fa'd0-represented to her mrjesty'e Gs nment that tho policy of inaction swore no longer be porsistad kend id that the ameer's reception decla e Kussian mission at such Ruesi e and under such circumstauces his hi im no further excuse fordeclin- receive, at hiacaoilal, an envoy , 0 the British government. V'our pput ency proposed, therefore, to de- J'YJ the reception of a mission to , 5-, 5-, headed by an officer of rank, Sard" person ot General S.r Neville Uon'V berlain. whessname and family ou 11 :ld high in esteem bytbe ameer. " induct of the amter iu refusing 2eive the mission was wholly it justification. He waa aware, rHpt various eommuoicatiooB ad 1 to bim by your exctilency and Tha lessors, that the Bussian govern- had given assurances to the ment of her majesty to regard g rritoriea as completely beyond ere of action. He was equally j , that the whole policy of the CUsiom government, since bis acces- of my 0 the throne, had baen to COFi' ben his power and authority, ou thia ) protect him Irom foriegn jlttS b.ttC 'ion, aiihoutjh the ffutaods e 'J 1 for doing o may not have oflow j rd with bie highness' own view. canB ci I received from the British gov- acd ty it evidence ot goodwill, mani I, die by large gifts of money and lha Pu' as wll aa by its Buccessful -"ra" f n obtaining from the czir's JJttc ncDt its formal recognition of jftly id bo indary, agreeable to him- imUaioi tween hia kingdom and tht: to aisuri iring Khanates. Hiabutjects ni throughout India, to the great bene " oftbetrado and commerce of h country, and in no Bingle instaui has the ameer himself, or any of h people, been treated unjubtly l inhospitably within British jurisdi lion. By every bond of intcrnation o courtesy, as well us by the treai 0 engagement of 1855, exisiing betwee the two countrie?, binding him to I 0 the friend of our friends and tl enemy our enemies, the ameer w. boii!;d to a Hue uf conduct the reven " of tiiat which he adoptel. H. iDrtjetty's government wns unwiltii to accept tho cvarive letter broul u from Cahul by Nawab Gbufu , Hueaeim Kahn.ua Shere Ali's fin l answer, and determined to give hi ' a short time for reeousideratioi 'j While, therefore, hor majesty's gover; " ment acknowledged fully as Dindii " on them the pledges given by S & Neville Chatuberlain tofriendiy chie fi and the people who undertook tt safe conduct of bis mission, the a desired to make an effort to avert tl " calamities of war, and with thia o ject, instructed your excellency i addrea to his highness a demand, temperate language, requiring fi 3 and suitable apology within a giv ? time for tbo aflront which he h 2 offiired to the British government, tl R reception of a permanent Britit 0 mission witbin hia territories ni reparation lor any injury mniccca ny him on the tribes who attended General Sir Neville Chamberlain and Major Cavagnari, as well as undertaking not to molest them hereafter. These instructions were promptly carried into efleot by your excellency's government, and the ameer has been informed that unless a clear and satisfactory reply be received from him by the iiOth ot Novembei, you will be compelled to cor aider hia intentions ps hostile and to treat bim aa a declared enemy. It only remains for me to assure your oxcellency of the cordial lupport of her majesty's government in the ooercus circumstances in which you are olaced. and to Rtnto that T hiivn received the commands of hor majesty to publish this dispatch for the general information of the public, io anticipation of the papers con nected with the important question with which it deals. Lapore, 21. The British force advancing ad-vancing from Quettab has arrived al Kuahtak, ten milea distant. The cold is intense. About 100 men are sick in each regiment. Warm clothes are urgently required. Anxiety is felt re garding the weather. A proclama ticn of the viceroy has been read tc the Belooch chiefs, stating that wai will only be waged against the ameer, nd advising the people to remain at ieir homes. Tho Queltah column umbers 5,2G0 men. A division com-lauded com-lauded by Lieutenant-Genera! Don-Id Don-Id Stewart, numbering 6,330 men, aa left Mooltan for Quettab. |