text:  But why do we notice _personal_ considerations at all in a case where public relations to Affghanistan should naturally be paramount? We notice them because our own press dwelt on personal qualities almost exclusively; and since this Cabool tragedy will make the whole Affghan policy immortal we are anxious by dispersing the cloud of calumny connected with the object of our choice to clear the ground for a juster estimate of what was either good or erroneous in our further conduct