RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 14, 15 June 1885, Page 2

RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

THE DURBAN Ay RAWAL PIHIH, The Durbar at Ravtul Pindi, when the Viceroy of India and the Araoerof Afghanistan "kow-towed" was a great success. The reports of tlie moetii g show that after a short conversation bfctween the Araeor and Viceroy, the mo/» portable presents for the Ameei, »nd lit kis sons and attendants, wars laid b«f(»* the Viceroy. As thesa w«re being brought m the Ameir spoke, m >» clear roice, m Persian. His words, as tr&ut* lated by the Foreign Secretary, wart af follow* : — v lam dooply sensible of U# -. kindness which I have receired from U» . Excellency the Viceroy, and of the faror shown to me by her Majestr the .QueenEmpress. In return for thii kindness and favor I am ready with niy army andmy people to render any tervicea which may be required of m<\ or of th« Afghun nation. As the Britit'u < rovernment h»t declared that it will a -wist me m repelling any foreign enemy, so it is right and proper that Afghanistan should unite m the firmest manner, and stand -side by side with the British Government* Among the presents was a jewelkd sword This the Viceroy handed to the Ametr. In presenting it, his Eyeellency said k* gave it to the Ameer as a token of hit personal regard. It was a gift which, he hoped, would be acceptable to so distinguished a soldier, who was, at th« same time, a powerful ruler, and wh© had just declared himself the friend and ally of England. The Ameer, m a flim voice replied, " With this sword I kop* to quiet any enemy of the British Government."