SIR RICHARD TEMPLE ON INDIA AND RUSSIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2011, 28 May 1885, Page 4

SIR RICHARD TEMPLE ON INDIA AND RUSSIA.

Onk of the bi it anil mu^t teeeiit woiks on India is that published by Sir X Temple, entitled " India in ISSO " The edition was lsaiud in lbSl. Sir Rich ml T< iiijil lih lillii UuMinor of Bombay, Lil tiL.iu.nc (!ui Linoi or B^ogal, and Fmai.-' Mwi.-t.i oi I-id'a. S.)t iUu'l; ! >t tlit, uiipuiliu^c of Merv to Russia (n iijUi pla it t- l.i U ly been taken full p>w -ion <'ti "mi !v i\ uipiu ia\ s . ' ii, i^ (> »El , ', . it Ol fl< I i<" I t l|| ipll'c IT '"" .' ' I'lll 111. 11 l I I . lil . .1 - Ulo jk u•' < ■•[' iiitin i on me pan (i Kihi it h- i«i m illy nocrlci t.u tin lUtiuci tji con-ulidation of hei ('oniin, iih 'ii (..ma! A vi. fiif hum ulut'. lin k'np hi- >n >i i>e_ iMOii illy do to t'r H i--i.ni nit iL-t-> ju f'i<' -.'uousof tilt. Ci'-iinn ii' u (Jin'wilii, h iOj in >iguni Ii it r >- l>i t.tti f a te,\- '•! foi important i Mtm L.\nt(!iti"' 5 to a distant pl.ii*' 1 hk.o M n !'s i il .Un of thc^c ,miliu>h-> aij'l * v ( )t ii A" > \p' li'".n-j c. i only lie ti.L »- ;«ii iiioiirt inlii'i nee (\ci He. pi", and tin -i i.u.nii.^ ]iio\iii"P of lVrsia. It M«.i , \wtli its lin ko man tubes, s.iall t,i'l mt( t!" hand-, of Ru-dii, it tan in coui3o of tuiio Le mi idu a nii'itaiy bail', audit ]jo->(sats ni.n.y losuiuci-, as it^ inigated cultivations, once large but now cont acti'd, can be restored. Among these ru3ouices id to be teckoued some of tlie best mateiial tor luegular cavalry, both in men and honus to be found in all Aaia. 'I lie tribes of well n.ounted Tuikomans could, under Euiopeau miidancc, be made to sweep over Afghanistan. I'ioin Merv as a baae, Heiat could be thieatoucd by the loute of tlic Biver. It would then ie(juire vigilance and skill on the part of England to keep Herat free fiom Ku&suu influeiicu. Theiefore, it would be conducive to tlie just intciests of England, if liubsia weie agaia gi\cn to understand, as she was in 1875, that any occupation of Merv by her is disliked, and viewed with distrust, as being calculated to cause disquiet among tlie Afghans, and to disturb the confidence and amity which ought to result fiom the settlement of the outer boundaiies of Afghanistan. The present desideratum is that Mciv should remain neutral and independent. In regaid to Pialuu and neighbourhood, which is now our advanced position, Mr K. Temple also sajs: " There is no space here to recount territorial strides whereby Russia has advanced through Central Asia, nor to illustrate the indisputable fact that her influence immediately fills any space that is left vacant by English power. This poli tical process has been aptly compared by a very high authority to the natural rushing of air into a vacuum. It follows that if Ru sia once enters Afghanistan, her influence would not stop till it reached the trans-Indus frontier of the British territories, that is, close up to the right bank of the Indus. . Kussu might not, indeed, be able to oc cupy Afghanistan in foice ; such occupation might prove as arduous to her as it did to the English. But she might maintain diplomatic control or influence there, right up to the mountain passes which aie the gates of India facing towaids Central Asia. Such events or circumstances would make a profound impression on the vast population of British subjects in India, especially upon the educat) d elassrss, and also upon the natives. By the treaty of (iandatnak, a long stup of tenitory adjoining the southern bordci of Afghanistan waassigned to the British Government foi adiniiiisiiutio!). Tlie terntojy comprises the diHtuct of Thai Cliutiali, of Siba, and ot Pislun, the last two of which lie on the route from the Indus to Candahar. this important i.mge is crossed by the well knowii K'joj ik Pi.-,-, which la and ■Ail' bt (until Hi. lompk'i' m o f . the tail V"iy) an oMig.i'orj point in tlie tomniuiuifitioii betw ten India and Mouthein Afghanistan A railway l.as been open from the Indus to Sibi, and began Irom Sioi to Pishm. In support of Pioliin lies Quetta, close at hand, an excellent military station, witL a bracing climate, and with resources for Mipplying troops The possession of it enabled the Butish Government to control Beloochistan, and is essr/ifia) to the °aftty of the commuiu cation of Southern Afghanistan in the event of nefd "

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