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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE TWO PROCLAMATIONS OF SIMLA. (From the Revue des deux Mondes.) The Proclamation of Lord Ellenborough is the exact counterpart and the most bitter satire on Lord Auckland's Proclamation, at the same place (Simla) in 1838. Lord Auckland announced that he would enthrone at Cabul, a king, protected by England. Lord Ellenborough declared that it was contrary to the principles of the British Government to impose a king on an unwilling people. Lord Auckland pretended that the Prince he protected was the favourite of the people. Lord Ellenborough replied that he had lost by the hand of an assassin the throne he only held in the midst of revolt. England, said Lord Auckland, will extend her influence in Central Asia, and will raise a permanent barrier against foreign intrigue. England, replies Lord Ellenborough, will content herself with the limits which nature has assigned to India. The Indus, the mountains, and the tribes of barbarians will serve as barriers against an enemy, should one appear. There is one more striking contrast; Lord Auckland said, in 1838: ?The Governor-General rejoices to be the means of establishing the union and the prosperity of the Affghan nation. Lord Ellenborough said, in 1842: ?The Governor- General will leave to the Affghans themselves the task of creating a government out of the midst of the anarchy which is a consequence of their crimes. It may well be asked by what right the Governor of India charges on the Affghans the anarchy to which their countrywas a prey. If Lord Ellenborough, says an English journal, has been just in condemning the policy which commenced this war, he should not speak to us of the crimes of the Afighans, but of our own. Thus the English Government accuses the vanquished of the crimes of ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217365352 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217365353 |
| Weight | 1.29 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.89 In |
| List Price | $27.64 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 398 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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