THE AFGHAN WAR-THE TREATY OF PEACE.

Kumara Times, Issue 890, 7 August 1879, Page 2

THE AFGHAN WAR-THE TREATY OF PEACE.

——-♦ The folllowing is a summary of tho articles of the Treaty of Peace concluded between. Major Cavagnari and the Ameer of Afghanistan : Article 1 declares that peace and friendship shall henceforth subsist between the contracting parties. Article 2 proclaims an amnesty guaranteeing the Ameer's subjects from all punishment or molestation on account of their intercourse with the British forces. Article 3 stipulates that the foreign affairs of the Ameer shall be conducted under British advisers, and that the Ameer shall be supported by the British Government against foreign aggression. Article i. A British resident is to be appointed at Cabul, provided with a proper escort, and having power to depute British agents to the Afghan frontier on special occasions. The Ameer is also permitted to depute agents in India. Articie 5. The Ameer guarantees the safety and honourable treatment of British agents in his dominions. Commercial facilities form the Subject of a special agreement, concluded for a term of twelve months. Telegraphic communication is to be established wdh Cabul, via the Kurrum "Valley. He territory at present in British occupation is to be restored to the Ameer, with the exception of the Kurram, Bishop, and Sib Valleys, the latter remaining as districts assigned to the British Government, the Ameer receiv-

the surplus l-evenue after payment 'of the administrative expenses. The British authorities .tire to haVe complete control of the 1 KHyber and Michni Passes, as well ifis of Hie relations and ind'ependerice of the frontier tribes in the district in which the passes are situated. The Ameer is to receive an annual subsidy of six lakhs of rupees contingent upon his strict execution of the treaty. A mixed commission will determine the Anglo-Afghan boundaries.