14 JUNE 1873, Page 2

We can get no sure news about Khiva. The 7'elegrapla

announced that the Russians had entered the city in May, and now the Friend of India, which has special means of informatiom on such subjects, says (Tuesday, May13, Simla) "Russians have- occupied Oorgunj," and the paper explains its own telegram as. the fall of Khiva. It may all be true, despite the difficulty of getting the news in time, but we still doubt. If that old Khan, with the fanatics thronging to his aid, surrenders his capital without one last deadly fight, one of two things are true. Either a change has passed over the men of the Steppes, which must change both Russian and English policy there, or an insurrec- tion has occurred from within, headed by some man of the old race with a blood feud to avenge.