The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-23
qELEGRAPHlC NEWS
From All Parts Of the
World.
AFGHAN WAR ENDED.
The Flight Of Shere Ali
to Balkh.
STUDENT LIFE IN RUSSIA.
Prospects Of a Gigantic Strike
in England.
STUDENT LIFE IN RUSSIA.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD

LONDON. Dec. g. 1873.
It is reported that the Ameer shere Ali and his family
journeying toward Balkh. with the retiring
Russian mission. Complete anarchy prevails in
the country between Jelalabad and Cabnl The
Ameers flight will probably end the fighting. A
despatch to the Times, dated Kurum. December 10.
says it is reported that the Afghan waliMo-
named is Shutorgordan Pass. with eleven
regiments Of infantry and four of cavalry from Bakh
He win scarcely venture to the pass this
despatch to the Daily Neps reports that the
Zukkur- Khels in the Khyber Valley escaped
to the mountains before the arrival of the British
Their towers and dwellings will be destroyed
The Times despatch from Quetta says:-The
Governor Of Candahar has determined on re-
sistance Generals Stewart and Biddulph have
examined the positions of the regiments the Can
dahar side of the Khojuk Pass. The Ameer's Master
of Horse Englands greatest enemy. is ILL.,
RUSSIAN STUDENTS
The following is the petition OF the st. Petersburg
students to the Czarewitch, which the former at.
tempted to present on December liz
"YoUR IMPERIAL HIGHNEss-The government be-
lieves the agitation among us is caused by .
few evil disposed persons. II Your High
ness will recall to mind the fact that this
agitation has been extending for some years
and has met with response from all the educational
establishments of the country, Your Highness will
scarcely share this opinion The sources of this
agitation to be found in the intoierable
position in which the youth Of Russia are
placed. Students outside of college walls
are subjected to police supervision while
inside they constantly and deprived
of their rights They have had taken from them
their right of meeting 10 consider their own
affairs, and they have been forbidden to
tablish q fund for mutual aid. In attempting
anything Of this kind they threatened with
prosecutions in the most odous form by the
police administration. Whenever rights
are concerned our dispersion becomes law
but whenever there is a question of burdens
to be borne looked upon having
q corporate existence. We are deprived Of
the independence necessary to adults, and some Of
treated like children. The increasing obsta-
cles placed in the way Of higher education will soon
make education the privilege Of the rich These and
similar expressions the solo cause Of the
agitation. We know what awaits tho stu
dents Of ChsrkoH. and the example Of the
Kien agitation ia fresh in memory. Persons
should not be punished when the circumstances in
which they are placed at fault On the strength
Of the foregoing. take the liberty Of requesting
Your Imperial Highness mediation on behalf Of our
Charkof fellow scholars and your attention to the
present condition of students
YEARS or NIHILIsr TROUBLES
The Tmes' Vienna despatch says the Russian gov
eminent apprehend Nihilist demonstrations on
the Goth inst. number Of arrests were
made last week. 1t is rumored that
temporary closing Of the universities ia seriously
contemplated These internal troubles considered
cause OF Russa's conciliatory foreign policy
The Times Berlin correspondent announces that he
is informed on trustworthy authority that Russia
has been making inquiries concerning loan in
Berlin.
Eliot Yorke member of Parliament for Cambridge
shire, il dead.
Moncasi the would-be assassin Of King Alfonso. is
seriously i'll with gastric fever.
The proposed reduction Of twelve and half per
cent in the wages of Golfers of South Yorkshire and
North Derbyshire affects 100000 men. monster
meeting will be held during the hol
days. when scheme for striking en-
at the commencement Of the year
will be discussed. This course is favored because 1t
Is feared that the masters endeavoring to break
down resistance in detail. Some pits have already
received notice Of the reduction