Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-10-16
FOREIGN NEWS.
VERY wARLIKE ORDER.


A Vienna dispatch of Oct. 10th says
Prince Lobanhof has informed Safvet
Pasha that. by order of the Car, the
further frontier withdrawal of Russian
troops is stopped. and that they will
keep the line which they now occupy
at Tchatatdja. This is done in conse-
quenfe of the murders of Christians in
the districts evacuated.
Another Vienna cablegram of the
same date says 1t is to be feared that
the Turkish note has seriously, ifnot ir-
retreivably, compromised the AMIGA
BILE relations between Austria and Tur-
key. Germany will formally notify the
porte that its note is an offense to all
the powers.
WAR CONSIDERED CERTAIN.
A correspondent at Pera telegraphs
Oct. 10th that the Afghan Envoy has
not urged the Sultan to conclude an
alliance with Russia, but that Russian
officers from Central Asia declare that
an understanding exists between the
Ameer of Afghanistan and Russia, and
that an glo-Russian war is certain.
PREPARATION FOR WAR.
A dispatch from Allahabad, Oct, 9th
states that on the appearance Of a
strong Afghan force in a threatening
attitude near JamrOod, the garrison of
the latter place was reinforced to seven
infantry regiments and three batter
les. General Ross, commanding
Jamrood, was preparing to clear the
lower pass and assault Ai-Musjid, when
he was ordered to await further reins
forcements, as it was judged unadvis-
able to run the slightest risk of check.
1t ia doubtful whether sufficient trans
portation had yet been collected to en-
able the column to advance from Dira
Ghaza Khan. rs ordered.
FRANCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
The London Standard of Oct. 9Th an
nounces that France has decided to
dispatch very strong fleet to the Med
iterranean. The feet will comprise,
besides smaller vessels, ten broadside
iron clads, and will carry 100 guns and
5000 officers and men.
AUSTRIA AND TURKEY By THE EARS.
A Vienna correspondent writes Oct.
Sth that CONSERVATION has been
produced in Count Andrassy's camp
and considerable irritation in the public
mind by Turkish circular requesting
the powers to compel Austria to con-
form to the declarations of her plenipo.
tentiaries at the Berlin congress. There
is an impression in Hungaria that Aus
tria is in danger ofdrifting into war with
Turkey. Hence the anxiety to prevent
operations against Now Bazaar. A cor
respondent friendly to Andrassy resents
and repels the Turkish charges that the
Austrian troops have done their work
with needless severity and cruelty, and
SAYS such charges are not in keeping
with the porte's professions of an ankle
ty to maintain relations of friendship
and alliance with Austria
~ THE AFGHAN ROW.
A London cablegram Of Oct. 9TH
says: A dispatch from Bombay says:
Troops have been ordered to advance
from Dera-Ghaxi-Khan, thus threaten
ing Afghanistan from new point. Re-
ported dissentions have broken out
among the great Afghanistan chiefs.
The death ola powerful southern chief
is also reported. The ameer has asked
tribal councils for assistance. 1t is be.
lieved that tribes mastering, $780,
600 fighting men have accepted. The
other tribes, with about IS 700 warriors,
remain neutral. The Ameer has
freed from prison his son Yakoub-
Khan, who is noted general. The
whole garrison of Peshagur is marching
against Ali Musjid. 1t is even reported
tonight that the place has been cap
tured. The government will issue
proclamation announcing its intentions
to-day"
A Bombay dispatch says it was intend
ed to attack Ali Musjid to-day. An
Afghan army is proceeding to Koorum.
A dispatch from Darjeeling says 200
men of each regiment at Pes
hagur, and horse artillery with
forty-pounder battries, have gone to
Janlrood. 1t is reported four Afghan
regiments, with six guns, advanced to
the mouth Of the Thukkhybee Pass.
Many white and Sepoy regiments are
Fastening to the frontier. The commits
sariat arrangements cause grave COM
plants"
ROYAL BErROTHAL.
A London cablegranl of Oct. 9Th
says: The rumor of the betrothal Of
Prince Louis Napoleon, son of the late
emperor, to Princess Thyron, daughter
of the King of Denmark, is received in
the London correspondence of the pro-
vincial newspapers.
The Silent Stranger.