The Friend of India and Statesman Tuesday September 16th 1879

since the opinions of the acetate of Afg I' 18 au aro such the prolectien of the Bugliehuteu in the miakt of 411 1os ' tribes is clinical% nay impussible because the whoa army nod subjoins of the Goverment are of dram mountain " It is necessary to view the saihjet with j„efice. [...] The rainbow of 4.estertley may be rpainted on the sky the snow-wreaths of last winter rformed on the hills the dream of infancy may return to gladden the sleep of dotage but the treaty of Gandamak 11111210011 of practical statesmanship has gone like the baseless fabric of the poet's vision and left not a wrack bullied. [...] Whatever the official 'sped of the matter it is plain that the citizens and troops of the Afgha"816 The Friend of India and Statesman. [...] No doubt Lord Lytton with his customary facility of dressing-up fictions will attempt to demonstrate the coplete success of the new policy in spite of what has happened and we are sure that he will not lay the blame of this painful disaster at the door of the bravo officers and men who have been the victims of the reckless wrong-headeduess of others. [...] The Bye-laws enact that " all quextions aliall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present ;" and the Act of Incorporation declares that "all questions shall be decided at t a meeting of the Senate by the majority of the members present." Now the business of the Senate is transacted by motions and amendments duly proposed and seconded and the practice as hi all well conducted p