GERMAN VIEW OF THE AFGHAN QUESTION.

Kumara Times, Issue 2818, 2 October 1885, Page 2

GERMAN VIEW OF THE AFGHAN QUESTION.

The Berlin Deutsche Tageblatt, an. occasional mouthpiece of Prince Bismarck, publishes an article on the Afghan question, in which this muchdiscussed subject is approached from quite a new point. The recent negotiations between Persia and Germany with a view to the establishment of permanent embassies at Teheran and Berlin are represented as arising from Persia's anxiety for her existence. Wearied of English and Russian intrigues, and convinced of France's inability to help, the Shah has taken refuge under the all-embracing wings of the Imperial Chancellor. Persia's main cause of alarm is the possibility that Russia may annex Afghanistan, and thus enclose the Shah's territory on two sides. Prince Bismarck, however, has established an embassy in Teheran, aud this is tantamount, according to the writer, to an assurance of protection. Another guarantee is thus formed agaiust the outbreak of war on the Afghan frontier, as this would infallibly involve Persian interests, which Germany wishes to protect. The Dictator of Europe would thus also appear to be Dictator in Asia; but it is matter for sincere congratulation that he makes his debut in the interests of peace. The return which he looks for, on his notorious principle of do ut des, is an extension of Germany's commercial relations with Persia.