BRITAIN AND AFGHANISTAN.
It is ofuViMly announced that tliu Mission U> Afghanistan lms secured nil agreement with t.hi> Amir,, and left Kabul on 29tli Munli, The terms are as yet unknown in dcl.iil, but it seems to *bo undeistood that Afghaniotnn will not obLiin a poit — a rurions demand, which for many reason*, cnniinririiil as well a« political, m.is nniitct'plablr— but « ill obtain a definite gminmliv « gainst external attack, making in return, of course, certain ctmctvwous It, wns hopwl that tlio right of constructing railways would be among them; but the chiefs of chins aie no opjmwd to thi.«i proposal that wt> imagine it has either been dropped or limited to a single railway to Kandahar. 'Che din-n*-sion lms bwn nmiMKilly long, and wns, we fancy, rather terinntated by th» result
of tho bailie of Mukden than hy any diplomatic iiiguiiu-nt.s The Afghans ate the most suspu ions uf mankind, but Iho will of All.ih as expieHhed on the haltleliel.l weighs with them veiy hcusily. Wo shall bo glad to hem, ne\erlholesj, that the Mission has loathed Pe.shawur on its retuiu march.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 9
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BRITAIN AND AFGHANISTAN.
Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 9
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