AFGHAN CONTROVERSY.
f ; ,Th« iofivial \Blufc JBook^ giving ihe history of the negotiations between Great Britain and Baama regarding the Afghan.frontier,ii published! and 1 forma .nmxjJß^mpjn intereating reading than sVoh Bunudaries'usuatly do. About onehalf of the-despatches published fi» the book are signed by Earl Qnuiville, and the r . other . naif ;; o by ftLprd^Uiibary, | present. Premier. ' One telefnm mts that the' contrast'; between the two sets i» mostl marked.. Lord Gtanville'B utterances aho^weak^Mi^sbiftineai. 4 \ Lord .Salisbury's on the other^biad, are firnV«id,vigo r roe£ c Fr >m the moment he took control of aiiain t lie diapatches rt from St Peteriburgh becama Breatly changed.' Where before they had b^en alternately r ineerin|r4na threaten, ing,' they beoame qraity, bat verjritpeot« gffioud tfnraiO^t,j 1^" ,wts, n»^^^^ fcki.(^bn rsugg^t^d'£uaSr $ugg^t^d'£uaS the qoMtion the ; bw^erihip r of ibVZuMkar; Past should be pottooned tuitil other ] K>inte •wereieitlediiThepropotfwaf protootly negatived. M. deOiers then offefed to fubuut-tbe Zul^kar paaf/qaeation to a Geographical , .Uommiaaion. This was a.lio.pere.mptonlT^ refuted, and' Bank jieiaed., Itii'cTident, l from.itudyofthe i dwpatehes, that-w»V trembled, jn the Bidanco^on were also inoidentiu aquabbleM about icertainf ernkn maitorit^hich ntdioate th*t,' sooner; or f slater, .thjere wflfbe % sjnqui cpmpjMjationtbetweeii Pefpi and England. ,, Therpiiblioatioa of fi» Blue 'Boofcatthia '^me i|*.boiißd.ld^kv« a 6ii'EngliUar politic*, and its faults aria ajnibet 'certam to be. more f^orabletothoOonsCTTativethanfothe \ JMb4raK»W^ nolji - z "
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VI, Issue 1172, 19 November 1885, Page 2
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215AFGHAN CONTROVERSY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VI, Issue 1172, 19 November 1885, Page 2
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