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Show THU WMIIt l'.M'Ll.l'ilTNL'). I.MDUMATION from l.sudou la to the ellectthst "even domestic politics are oertliedowcd by the gravity of the news from 1'amlr," to which we re. lently referred. Hoth China and England are moving aralust Iluulaii agjretilon. The Afghani claim a ait of the territory In dispute and are struggling to hold It against the IUu-alius IUu-alius nnd Chinese. The llrltlsh are decldedl) strengthened for opposition to Husilan advance by the recent llrltlsh conquest of tlio etty states of Hum, an I Nsgar, sltustel letweeu tbo little l'amlr and the froutler uf Kashmir. Hie allied states uf Hume aud Nsmar cointrle all the valle)s draining luto tuu Kauju.t or Hums rlver,whlcli Ibws Into thu Ullglt river, two milts below (lllglt fort. This region Is extremelj) difficult of access, to which fact Is due the lull 11-nlty 11-nlty wllh which the tribesmen have hitherto bsen ablo to tan) on ihelr raids Into the countries cf their neighbors. Thiao valleja urlgluate lu a glgantlo mouulatn yiem contJtlnlug srma of thu lilghevt peales In the Himalaya, Mount Itaka poslil, which t weia abile Chalt, Ull g LlOuleet hlglr while h number of Iher summits exceed 21,000 feet. Im me use glaciers descend Into the ravine, ra-vine, the Nagar river Itself rising lu nu vaitest of known glaciers, which Is eerlj) eight miles lu length. Ilelng surrounded ly granlto prctl llresHtil greitt willies ot snow aud o , ntlor ling only a harar lous pauago during n few u inner m nl is Into the wUlitnriii,! country, Hunia Mgir iiaabutonu point tint ! vulurrulle, the ravine of ihu Knnuat rlvr, lor uu invallug army. Miu mouth ot thu ravine I", however, 1 rsct'cally doted diilln-summer, UcJUeelhe rlverlsso swollen at that season, ly melting snows, tlmt It becomes a rushing torrent, oovi ring lu pluces the wholo width of the narrow valley, Tlio Hrlllsh hold this praitlcally Impreg rut lo position and are thus ru are d tu resist the Husilan advnnie should the Istter attempt lo liivalo llrltlsh territory. terri-tory. The Itunlsns ure now dinger-nusly dinger-nusly near Hrltlih ont slous,althoukh uotucluolly wllbln Ihem. A diipatch received lu London from I'ekln says' The Clilnovi guverninenl Is already 1 on the alert awl explanation) have been delnanilol front Iwtll Itussla an 1 Afjrtiall . Isian tnr entroachlng upon Isirllorv claluiel by the Chinese The I hlnee forces In l'amlr region, euuniuoded by llfliersl (.hsiig, Ktlboul waning for nny e Isnslloiis, have already Mnvontsreil tliet Mghsns In a hlowiy colli) ct l Sainn-laeh Sainn-laeh Tho TblneMi wore ennslilsral ly outnumbered but they fought rotnlly. and only n roatod In tlio fsce uf over wlislniltig force " The authorities of Hrlllsh India nro altvoto the threalenlng cbatacter of the situation. They arc arousing both the C till eio and Afghans lo the dan gir to which they aro exposed an 1 by which they are threatened on acccui t of the Iluselaii encroachments |
