THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF CABUL.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1846, 22 January 1880, Page 3

THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF CABUL.

The "Times" correspondent at Cabul in his latest telegram says :—" Inquiries now being made tend to establish the fact that the revenue derivable from the country is larger than was expected. The revenue of the Cabul valley alone is probably sufficient to maintain a force fully adequate for the tranquillity of this portion of Afghanistan. General Roberts' amnesty proclamation meets with universal approval, and is felt to be the first step towards procuring national acquiescence in the interference we have been obliged to exercise in tho affairß of Afghanistan. It is hoped that under the promise of immunity for all but the prime offenders tho great body of the Afghan Boldiery will, under proper management, eventually make submission. The service of Daoud Shah are being utilized in this direction, and he has furnished Ganeral Roberts with full official lists of the 60 and odd regiments composing the late army. It is to be regretted that the highest class of Afghan officers who took a prominent part against ns in tho late operations have so far escaped us, and that punishment has fallen almost exclusively upon the lowest class of offenders. If, however, the amnesty proclamation produces the effect which may be hoped from it upon the soldiers, the power for mischief of the suporior officers still at large will be immensely reduced. Another important step towardß the pacification of the country has, it may be hoped, been taken in the impending * despatch to Turkestan of Wali Mahomed to represent there the existing authority of Cabul. The chiefs of that province are understood to have desired such a step on our part, intimating that it was requisite in the interests of peace and tranquility. The eventual fate of the Ameer is still undecided. By permission of General Roberts, I visited him. He shows in his face signs that the strict confinement to which it has been found necessary to subject him has not been without effect on his health. He welcomed me as a former acquaintance of his and a friend of his great friend Sir Louis Oavagnari,with whomhe asserts he never had one moment's disagreement. He was most anxious to relate after hia own fashion the sad events of the 3rd of September. I need not aay that according to his account the outbreak was an unpremeditated act of the rebellious soldiery, whioh he was utterly unable to control and which he deeply deplored."