General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . nother way. Allwill go right if I can get recruits. . Meanwhile come back to me, telling the Khan that Iwill not place at his Court a representative of the EnglishGovernment, when I now find that he is, at least, notfriendly towards us, and that he has taken as his chiefadviser our bitter enemy. The way you have behaved tothat Gool Mahomed delights me. I wish the chiefs hadpublicly executed him before departing for Punjoor. The next letter from Khelat again anticipates Jacobssecond mandate of recall. Aitgiis
General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . nother way. Allwill go right if I can get recruits. . Meanwhile come back to me, telling the Khan that Iwill not place at his Court a representative of the EnglishGovernment, when I now find that he is, at least, notfriendly towards us, and that he has taken as his chiefadviser our bitter enemy. The way you have behaved tothat Gool Mahomed delights me. I wish the chiefs hadpublicly executed him before departing for Punjoor. The next letter from Khelat again anticipates Jacobssecond mandate of recall. Aitgiist 2yd. My dear Jacob,—I wrote you a note yesterday, justto tell you not to be anxious about me. I will carrythis year through in spite of everything. I have neverchanged in my plans since I entered the country. I havenot in any manner compromised the Government, andhave instilled into the minds of all that their only safetyis in unity and that my only wish is to unite them andmake them strong. In the next paragraph he explains the reasons thatmade him loath to leave his Majok-Gknekai. Sir (Jrekn, a fhotograph by PragiieH ^ Co KHELAT CORRESPONDENCE 299 Managing the country is simple enough: it is theoutside pressure that is making against me. A pohticalofficer being here has turned all the eyes of Asia inthis direction, and every effort is being made to detachBeloochistan from us. I know all about the treaty andyour wishes, but I tell you plainly that these people,united or not, cannot stand alone against Central Asia,and on our giving them up, must form other alliancesto save themselves. I have brought the chief and peopleto my feet, and consider, as far as that is concerned, that1 have been successful. From the moment I leave theyfall to pieces, because I have not had time to consolidatemy work, and cannot do so until Government will takea bold line of politics. The Khan could not call ten mentogether in all Beloochistan unless they knew I sancti
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