. Review of reviews and world's work. ONTHLY RE^/EIV OF REI^IEIVS. THE TROUBLES OF AFGHANISTAN AND PERSIA. THE recent extended tour of tlie Prince uTWales througli In<iia, from Cape (omorinto the Himalayas, has brought out many pointsof significance to Englands defense of her In-dian possessions. The northwest boundary ofIndia constitutes the vulnerable point of Britainspower in Asia. Afghanistan, with its warlikeborder tribes, the doubtful attitude of the Ameer,and tlie danger of Russian invasion, is ofworld-wide significance, and forms the subjectof an anonymous article in a recent number
. Review of reviews and world's work. ONTHLY RE^/EIV OF REI^IEIVS. THE TROUBLES OF AFGHANISTAN AND PERSIA. THE recent extended tour of tlie Prince uTWales througli In<iia, from Cape (omorinto the Himalayas, has brought out many pointsof significance to Englands defense of her In-dian possessions. The northwest boundary ofIndia constitutes the vulnerable point of Britainspower in Asia. Afghanistan, with its warlikeborder tribes, the doubtful attitude of the Ameer,and tlie danger of Russian invasion, is ofworld-wide significance, and forms the subjectof an anonymous article in a recent number ofthe Ueutsrlie Rundschau. Rapidly recounting the history of India andAfghanistan for the past century, the writercomes to the reign of the famous Ameer Abd-ur-Rahman, the great predecessor of the presentruler. Tiirough the cication of a standing army,subsidized by Great Britain, this chief was en-abled, not only to keep the turbulent tribes incheck, Ijut to make himself independent of Eng-land and Russia. Bv the ajireements of 18S0. THK KIIVKKK IASS, TUK KEAI. ( TO INDIA. (The party of travelers are the. Prince ofWales and their retinue, on their recent Indian tour.) and 1883, England pledged herself not to inter-fere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan andto keep Englishmen from the country ; while,on the other hand, the Ameer promised not toenter into any dealings with any other , in 1901, Abd-ur-Rahman died, he hadsucceeded in uniting the various tribes into a])owerful empire, with a strong army to defendit. His son, Habid-Ullah, has held his ownagainst all intrigue. Since the Boer war, how-ever, he has shown a coolness toward GreatBritain, and a corresponding friendliness towardRussia. In order tu win over the turbulent bordertribes, the British authorities at Calcutta havebeen enlisting them as soldiers,—quite success-fully, it would seem, since the guard at thefamous Khyber Pass, the gateway to India, iscomposed of these border inhab
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