The action of the Russians will not fail to add
to the excitement. So much at least is evident in this week's intelligence from St. Petersburg. The Russian Government will not ratify the treaty of General Kaufmanu with Bokhara ; it will not abandon, as reported, the places in Bokhara which its army occupied, and reinforcements have been sent into Turkestan. General Kaufmann is likewise to remain at his post, and not return to St. Petersburg for consultation and instructions. The treaty, then, was only a truce to give the Russians time ? They destroyed Satnarcand because they had not men to garrison it, but they return to the scene in greater force. The facts prove sufficiently that the Russians have got a stiff job in the conquest of Central Asia, and it costs them great sacrifices ; but the more they increase their army, the greater will be the excitement in India.
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