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PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHTER.
PENJDEH OEDED TO RUSSIA.
GEN. GRANT GROWING STRONGER.
is HIS DISEASE REALLY CANCER,
A Colliery Disaster in Illinois.
REPORTS OF CORK RIOTS EXAGGERATED


RCMORS OF WAR AND PEACE.
Reports from st. Petersburg that Fresh
Frontier--The Feeling General i'm
Averted-RumOrs Of . Revolt Against
the Ameer.
LONDON, April 16.-The st. Petersburg corre-
spondent of the Times says that alarming ru-
mors are circulating and there is "A strong i'm
preston that further conflicts will soon be
ported from the Afghan frontier, as il is thought
unlikely that the Afghans Will allow their re-
cent defeat to pass without seeking revenge. He
continues: Russia makes no secret OF her in
tention of invading Afghanstan if the Afghans
compel her to do SO. The general opinion here
Is that England is committing herself TO a dam
gerous policy in forming an alliance with the
Ameer without securing absolute control"
An order has been sent 20 Cronstadt to get
ready within a fortnight forty war ships incu-
ding torpedo boats. Two divisions are about to
leave Odessa for the Caucausus TO take the
place of those removed to the trans-Caspian ter
ritory.
THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE BRIGHTER.
Notwithstanding the Posts rumors that other
papers here and on the continent, including
those published at st. Petersburg, all express
the opinion that the prospects OF peace are
The Ne,cs says that nothing has occurred to
qualify the hopes of peace already expressed.
ton to the conditions of the settlement are
af1oat, and that the ambassadors at London
have notified their respective governments that
they consider that rupture is averted.
THE CARS ANXIETY FOR PEACE.
A special dispatch from Vienna to the Doiyy
Telegraph gives the following: IN. de Giers, the
Russian premier. sent telegram to Baron de
Staa the Russian minister at London, in these
words: Il am charged by the cars personal
command to request you TO inform the English
government that in the cZar's opinion war
would be deplorable TO both countries. The
car firmly hopes that a prompt and simple
arrangement will be established" In reply 10
this Baron de Staal teegraphed NJ. de Giers
that the English cabinet gladly accepted NJ. de
GierS' communication
PENJDEH TO BE CEDED To RUSSIA.
M. Lessar, special envoy OF Russia. i'm an inter
view to-day, said that the arrangements for the
cession of Penjdeh to Russia had not yet been
completed, but that the negotiations were pro-
ceeding favOrably. The ameer, he thought,
would offer no objection to the cession of Peni-
deh to Russia, as the tribes occupying that
place and other portions of the territory which
has been In dispute have for a long time caused
him much uneasiness, on account Of their
rebellious spirit and acts of violence.
Warlike Talk OF the London Times.
LONDON, April 16.-A letter from Gulran
to the Times declares that If Gen. Sir Peter
Lumsden, the British Afghan frontier commits
sioner, be withdrawn from the frontier, such
action would be the signal for an immediate
seizure by the Russians of Herat. Besides this,
the letter says, the withdrawal would cause to
Great Britain loss OF support among the
authority, suspect both the ameer and England
of treachery.
while the politicians believe, or pretend to
believe, that the prospect is for peace, COM
mercial and financial circles. composed of men
who are actuated by the most powerful motives
to ascertain the truth and form their
opinions with care, believe that Russia
England. English business men of the
highest class, the 7f,aes says, believe that
emphatic indication that the position is ex-
tremely critical is afforded in the declaration
made yesterday at Lahore by Earl Dufferin,
viceroy of India, when he referred to the PERI
o he as aa s ,
points out that Russia is preparing for
war on a large scale, without the slightest
The fact appears to be beyond a doubt, the
Times thinks, that the Russian government was
S i4S sf Of the sste b e. sasy as
concludes the Times, 'are still waiting for ex-
plantations it is quite possible that Gen. Koma-
orders from ST. Petersburg"
A Revolt Against Abdurrahman i'm
FRANKFoRr-oN-THEM MAIN, April 16.-The
Frankfort Zeitung states that private kilograms
received in this city from st. Petersburg ailege
that a revolt has occurred i'm Herat against the
authority Of Abdurrahman Khan. Ameer OF AT
ghanstan.
to remain in his own residence in charge of sem
tinels. Yesterday the Shah granted him an
audience.
Thirty lives were lost in the recent snow
storm.
AUSTRIAN SYMPATHY WITH ENGLAND.
VIENNA, April 16.-The Id9bIan says: 1.-The
last days OF England S power would be also the
hast days of European liberty. One cannot un-
derstand the German sympathy for Russia,
whose overgrowth would certainly imperil Ger
many
Dispatches from Gen. kOnaroH.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 16.-The OftcidE Mes
senger publishes this morning the following dis
patches from Gen. Komaroff, dated Dashkepri,
April 6, 1885: "The remnant OF the Afghan de-
tachment defeated by the Russian forces at the
engagement OH the kushk river fled TO Herat
after the battle. The losses of the Afghans were
largely in excess of the first estimate In addi-
tiOn to those who fell on the field of battle
died Oftheir wounds, many perished during
their forced retreat from cold and hunger The
weather has been unusually severe, and cold
rain or snow has been falling almost without
intermission the last twelve days. The Afghans
on their retreat burned the camp at Bala Murg-
had which Sir Peter Lumsden had lately aban-
doned. am engaged in organizing a provis-
iOnal administration of Penjdeh and the
rounding district, in order to prevent anarchy.
The Russian detachment remains at Dashke-
pri." The dispatch says, in conclusion, that
there is no necessity OF an immediate forward
movement on the part Of the Russians.
Reported Revolt I'm Afghanistan.
The NOpoe Vremya says that the Afghans on
the Kushk were discOntented at the conference
between Lord Dufferin and the ameer at Rawal-
Pindi. They became fearful that it would result
in another invasion of Afghan territory by the
British armies. In consequence of this, after
against the ameer's authority.
GEN. GRANT STILL IMPROVING.