It has been given out that Russia has offered concessions
with respect to the Zulfikar Pass, which, so far as Lord Salis- bury and Lord Randolph Churchill can judge, are likely to be satisfactory. These concessions are, however, referred. to Lord Dafferin, and he, it is said, must in his turn consult Abdul Rah- man before he can give to them his final assent. The truth is, we suppose, that the Ameer, who does not want war, will be quite content with any solution that gives him substantial control of the Zulfikar Pass, in other words, that does not leave in Russian hands positions which virtually dominate that pass. How far this may be so or not, in all probability no one in England knows. But we suspect that a truce is desired by every one, and that Russia has offered terms which it will be not impossible for her neighbour and his "protecting ally" to accept.
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