Khi-Va La? st nicholas View with mounted Household Cavalry

View with mounted Household Cavalry troops to the right

With a bill for a 2d rise in income tax in his hand

'The City rout'

early 1970s

Khi-Va La? st nicholas View with mounted Household CavalryKhi Va La?, 1873. Earl Granville, the Liberal Foreign Secretary in Mr Gladstone's government since 1870, stands guard at India's northern border. This cartoon refers to the increasing concern being felt in Britain at Russia's forthcoming expedition to Khiva which had been proposed by Russian ministers. At that time, Khiva was in independent Turkestan and any advances made by Russia were viewed with considerable disquiet. Lord Granville was assured by