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Show tin: piMiit H'tTi'iti: up tiii: .'iiriiN qL'fsno. Osthellthlnal. ofllcltl dlapatchia were received In London from Calcutta, Cal-cutta, atallng that there had been fighting between ilrltiali forcea and thetrlbtamen In the neighborhood of flllglt, near Ibe Pamir frontier. Tho locality where the hoatllltlea occurred la also cloau to the lundary Una lately claimed by Ituaala. The trlheamen with whom the llrltlah Iroope aro lace to face In armaaroatated to bounder Kuaalan proledlon. We have made occaalonal comment upon the Iluialan iiiovtmeiita, aud hell that thiy were a direct menace to llrltlah India, to the border of which the l'aintr region la cloaoly contiguous. The New Vork llorM of tholCth In.t. contains an Intueatlng and elaborate alatemeutof the lateat developtnonte, lucludllig tome .letall. of the fighting, concerning which there wereonly bare allualona lu tho rrgular dlajiatchce. According to the llorfii there la al Hllglla llrltlah agency, which la garrl-aoticd garrl-aoticd by lCaihraln, Indian Qoorkhaa and a battery of artillery. The trlbea-men trlbea-men of Hiiniaand Kagar, two towua ou tho ltlver I ndua, almoat nppoalta to each other, havefjr aomu lime been threaleulug the Uhalt fori, held by a detathmentofKaihmlra. Tblicaiiaed Col. Uurand, the llrltlah agent at illicit, illi-cit, to nuke an advance upou the Chaltfort for thu purpose of relieving the garrlaou. Thla adva nee waa made early during I lie present month, for on November KMiColouel Durand wired the Commauder In Chief that he ahould move upon the enemy on December Snd unleas he waa previously previous-ly attacked I y the trlbcameu. He aim telegraphed that he ftared that a airloue conflict waa Inevitable. Later Information announced that TurtChalt waa actually ca tured on Dccerul er 2nd and that seven eepoya were kilted and twenty. sis; wounded. We hero ireientan extract exhibiting some unuaually Interratlng featurta of the rlghtlngl "Colonel Ilurand, aj lain yliner an 1 1 leutetiant luboock were aorl maly woiiiidnl. Hi veral other ollleora, Inclu I-log I-log I.lvulonant (.ortou an t othera, wero allghtly aiounde.1. I aplaln ylmcr au I IlooUnant llolaragoti an 1 lliuoock ilia-played ilia-played exIraordlnarygalUntrv. Captain Aylmer led a atormltig party carrying n gun-cotton iHitard.aul In the faro of a shower of bullets I e dashed up to tho Iron-bounl Iron-bounl gutoof the fort, alllxo-l the iwtard to ll, lit tlio fuso, retreated a short dla-lanre dla-lanre nnd thou ba I the pleaiure of luur-lngailna(onliigreoil. luur-lngailna(onliigreoil. The petard ha I blown the gate to pU"o Captain Ayliuer snd I.leutrnanta Ilolaragon and llaUnHk, followetl by ft hnndful of hspoys, then made a daah Into the fort, nn I, alter aoiuo dosperalo lighting ca ture-1 a flel 1 gnu which ha I Ikh n used cllecllvely ugilnat the attacking parly," Tim ltrltlth olllcers and Hepoyaol-dlersalaosuctiedel Hepoyaol-dlersalaosuctiedel In capturing nine prlaonera. The remain lur of the tribesmen tribes-men tlid, leaving a number of Und lu tho luterlor of the fort as well as u goo I manyontheouialdt. The arrival ol the new a of the con-lllit con-lllit having taken plate uu the I'iimlr frontier caused much excllement lu the Iin Ion cluba Many old Indian otllcera regarded Haa the mostaerloua news that had come from India for a longtime. Young uflliers weie greatly elated and expressed the hope that the long anticipated war with Uussla waa about lo beulu. Il u (.Limed that uuo ofllrer of high rank, recently retiirne.1 from Inlla, aald "there cnutl M no doubt Hut alt lira on the frontier of l'amlr dlitrlct had rrachtd a moat dell cateand dangerous stage. Theclalma made I y ltutta,"he said, fiuuat le greatly mollfled before evenabaalafor negotiation cnubeeatabllahed between the three nations conceruod Ituaala, China and Oreat Ilrllaln." The IniKortance of thla "allalr of out-KiaU"growanut out-KiaU"growanut of tho fact of Ita being recognlxtd as "an open mve among many secret onoa In the great game that labelng layol between Kuada, l.ugland an I China, with Iwiilern au-iremacyat au-iremacyat stake." 1 n order to fully unJeratsnd the nature na-ture of the conflict describe! above, It Is neceiaary to be familiar with olr-cumatances olr-cumatances receding ll. They are revived hy tho tt'orfil lu connection with the account given by thai Jour-nal Jour-nal of thecal turn of Port Chalt. The notorious character of the Intrigues of Ituaala In the l'nmlr region waa eo pronounced aometlmo back that Col. Duraud, whose forces have Juat ha I tho encounter with the tribesmen near Qllstlt, was summoued to Hlinla for a conference with tho Viceroy of India. This conference look place in October, and as a mult Duraod received orders, based upou probable oveuta, which au-thorlred au-thorlred him to extend the military rcod from (lllglt to Chalt. This work was begun aa loon as the Colonel n-turued n-turued to hla command. It Is considered consid-ered i oialble by military men that tho I resent hoatllllles originated In eoiuo cbauce encounter between the tribes, men and Iheforces which pcreatwork building tho road, lteluforcements ham teen luahed forwanl t? (lllglt oer since the Viceroy brcamo convinced, con-vinced, lu hlaconfirencu with Duran I, that an culbrrak could not long he avertid. Their advance, Inwever, haa brt n hampered by tho irevalente of anow-atorma of unuaual aevirliy. The commencement of thu dlfll cully waalnwhat will irhai triuiom-bered triuiom-bered as the VoungtiuahanJ Inoldeut, which Is thus described! "I.ato lait summer a party of IIutaiisf numbering eight onlcera sixty horscttien and forty Infantry soldier', mado au exploring ex-ploring expedition lowarda Afghan Chllral anl tho Chinese liounjarlea, which all approach eath other on the Tumlr. L'apU Ynunghiisiiati I, i llrltlah oQIrer, an I probably a llrltlah u.-f nt, waa then on a Jouruey to ChlneaeTurkealan, aodhrarlngof tho presence of Ibe Hue-alan Hue-alan dotachmont In quastleu heatarta-1 oal tu moo; It, At llosal (luuibas be met a ltulnn advance post and scut word of ita i reaonce to rillgll, the nearest llrltlah fort. The Ilusslan party met by Capt. Yoiingbusband coiiilatedof ten Cossack Infantry ail Hera In chargo of auppllea. 1 Ivo ltuwtlanotUicra, a aurvo)or and an escort of thirty inountod Cossacks, ho learned, had gone forward III the direction direc-tion of CultraU Thla laat p arty soon after returned 1 1 Ikuil liumbax and treated 14 L Vounghuaban 1 very well. The of-llcer of-llcer in command, however, Informeit tho llrltlsli olllcer that Ituaala clahne I tho wholo country up to the Khore llahat Pas. Thl party, uular Col. YauolT than went on to Join a Itiislan advanco isnyofalxty man ant ofllceravtho were onttioureitt 1'amlr. "On the following day a mini Iter of ltuaslan horsemen rods up to Captain oUDghuband a camp, aurroun lest hie tent, au 1 Ihelr commander, Colonel lanoir, Intormcd blm that ordera had been recelvl that morning from the Ilusslan (loternor General lla at Captain Youngliusband and another Itrltlih otn-eer otn-eer with him, Lleulenaot lurlson were to bo deported to Chlneso lerrllor) . "Colonel 'anofl', howoter, Informed Captain i ouughusband that If he woul I uudrrlako loprocetkl thither without reentering re-entering 'Ihe iioitly-anueied territory' by certain pasaoa which he named, (he captain woul I be permitted to go alone, otherwise bo would bo escorted by a detainment of Cossacks. Under protest, Captain louughueband agreed to do aa N-iggcatsd and rotlred lo Tajhdumbash l'auilr, w bore he took precautions to aw that the Itnsslana dtl not move forward ou Huns or acudarma lotho ICanguatla without his being awarouflt. It wnul I appear, however, that anna have reachod llutixi, for It lafrom that locality ibat the prcsout trouble commaui ed. "U ban Captain Youngliusband atarlod for lloxal Outnbay he aent Iloutenunt Ila uon, who la a ltd lo havo beon traveling travel-ing In 1 aalern Turkestati during hla lraveof abaonco, tc tho Allclmr Vamlr to report to him the elate of utfalra there. Atlho Allchlir Pass I.loutsnaut llavlaon waatoiind by Colonel Yanoir and hu Cossacks, and In aplto of the I rotoata of Chang, Ibe chief Chlncae oinclal (here, thelieiltlliant waatakon prisoner by tho Itusslana, carried to Oih anl thonce to Marghllan, At the Utter place he waa liberated at Ihe request of Mr, l.lllott, secretary of the llrltlah embassy at Ml. r&orsburg, who hapiened to bo traveling travel-ing wllli the lltlaa an tlovernor Heneral. "I.lvilt Ualison evrntimtly riaUitst tho raKhdumbjish l'ass.whare he rejoined Caitalu Youngliusband. Tbey both rotthed (I III It on Octohar I lib unl reported re-ported tho whole allalr to Col Ilurand " The latter had In tho meantime been active anl vigilant, lie do. siatchcd two olllcers an I ten rut n each lo communicate with Ihe Afghans forlliuiurpose of ludii;lng the lutcr lo block the pastes Into Chllral. Jloth of these eXedltluns, howovi r, lulled tuaieompllah Ibo object of their missions. mis-sions. We have presented the fori going details de-tails of ni Important International illlllculty with considerable fulueea, not i nly on account of the Interesting characterof tho Immedlato features of thosuljeet, lut also because of tho IKjKslble glgantio ovei tilulltles liable to grow out of It In combination with other etovelopmeuts. |
