 A Russian force in occupation of Afghanistan might not be able to march to Calcutta, but it might convert Afghanistan into the advanced post of Russia, instead of that advanced post being in Persia ; and, whatever Hardinge may say of the security of the...  Hansard's Parliamentary Debates - Σελίδα 357των Great Britain. Parliament - 1879Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1877 - 798 σελίδες
...Palmerston told us that a Russian force in occupation of Afghanistan might not indeed be able to march upon Calcutta, but it might convert Afghanistan into the advanced post of Russia. He warned us that whatever might be said of the security of our frontier, we should in this eventuality... | |
 | Anthony Evelyn M. Ashley (hon.) - 1876 - 408 σελίδες
...all, more than eight hundred miles, considerably less than the distance from Attock to Calcutta. " A Russian force in occupation of Afghanistan might...of the rest of our frontier, you would find in such case a very restless spirit displayed by the Burmese, by the Nepaulese, and by all the unincorporated... | |
 | Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, Evelyn Ashley - 1879 - 542 σελίδες
...at all, more than eight hundred miles, considerably less than the distance from Attock to Calcutta. A Russian force in occupation of Afghanistan might...of the rest of our frontier, you would find in such case a very restless spirit displayed by the Burmese, by the Nepaulese, and by all the unincorporated... | |
 | Lady Betty Balfour - 1899 - 716 σελίδες
...Palmerston as early as 1847. In a letter then written to Lord Eussell, he observed that " a Eussian force in occupation of Afghanistan might not be able...might convert Afghanistan into the advanced post of Eussia, instead of that advanced post being in Persia ; and, whatever Hardinge may say of the security... | |
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