Russia is getting on fast in Central Asia. She has
signed treaties with the Khan of Kokan, the Ameer of Bokhara, and Yakoob Bey, the ruler of Kashgar, allowing all Russians to travel at will in those Manatee, and announces officially thdt. she will forcibly avenge any breach of these treaties. These arrangements will enable the Government of St. Petersburg to form parties within those States, to influence their Divans, and when needful, to march troops into them "for the maintenance of the treaties." They have already conquered Kuldsba, which borders on Kashgar, and quote the conquest as a warning to Yakoob Bey. Moreover, it is not quite certain that the expedition against Khiva has been given up. Mr. Illtudus Pritchard says it has not, the foroe advancing from the Caspian only retreating because another force despatched southward from the Aral had taken Khiva, plun- dered the city, and captured the Khan. This intelligence, coming from native sources through Cabal, requires confirmation, as it ought to have reached the India House, but it is not necessarilyfalse. Should it turn out to be so, it will be found, we think, that the Caspian expedition was a little too late, and is postponed fora year.
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