New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-29
WORKING TOWARD HEhAl .
THE RUSSIANS OCCUPY MERUcHAA' H.
vv,rv.1roN OF THE RUSSIAN DEFEAT ""'
No 'o cr,yEp BY MIR. GLADSTONE


90 THE RUSSIAN DEFEAT RE-
nv cr,vrp BY MIR. GLADSTONE
roxpoy. April l2s.-7he london S'anaa'" ,trS' saso
.hat the Russians have occuP'eu a..
.hak twenty miles south OF fehJoen 0n
Murchab River The Ameer' wnho o",1 ,9.hn1,
Penideh attached great Importance " a,,o,' ORC
All the coastguardsmen VINO are "pio .,n;r rloces
M 20 ion naval vessels, leaving their places
t ha allied bv recruits specially enlisted ior Vi,
80. " ,nora service. A general call has been issuou
to oascers of the naval service now serViue :, 'n
,,oroontile marine. asking them to serve DIS oN'0-
of the new cruisers. T., ortiI1erv nj
Tho studies of the graduating class Id ar'ii' .,
"a yvoo,,v;ob Academy have been ordered W 10
.hor+aned so as to enable the cadets u Joih '"0'
ho,teres at the earliest possible date. ~.
pvrsspIs April 2s.-A dispatch 10 tne I"u-
.,.nd,nce Beloe from st. Petersburg says una,
oil held at the Palace to-day, at whicn 'no 60.
nres,ded. rejected proposals made py N, r.Hond uo
70 adont concliatory measures to"aru ll irs GO,
The reply of the Russian Government " tor,or
Vile firmly maintains the TENOR u '-'
dispatch. ,,..o.oh from Tirpul.
aatod Anril 1 q saws that the Russians occupy AK
,ro,o aud are actively at work making military
road from Penjdeh to Herat.
Mr. Gladstone stated IN the House OF ComlnonS
this afternoon that the Government hao recei'eo
no confirmation of the battle reported 10 nave IT,
cently occurred between the Russians anu Aie"'n''
with victory for the latter.
Ellis Asbmead Bartlett, Conservative, member
for Eve. asked whether Russia had wlthdra"h
from the undertaking not to occupy Herat.
Mr. Gladstone answered mo-" ME-. oIaus'oho
also stated that Russia has made no representa-
tions TO the Government about the British occupa-
tion of Port Hamilton.
The Commissary Department of the Indian Army
has completed arrangements 1or iurniShinS 'i"no-
nortation and provisions in India for two army
corns The first army corps consists OF l3,ooo
british and 10000 native troops with 3O,ooo
oamp followers transport animal tendersh o'ooo
horses and 80 900 transport animals. Inc seconu
corps consists of 10 900 British and $4,000 natiVe
troops. with 5000 followers, 5000 horses ana
% 600 TRANSPORT animals. One months supplies
ore 70 be sent to Rindli, Killa and Abdulla, ana
three months supplies TO Questa.
THE Government have accepted the offer made by
New-South Wales of their contingent IN the oouuau
for service in India elsewhere, as may be required
by the military authorities
The Cabinet sat two hours and twenty minutes
this afternoon.
Immense quantities of coal are being shipped 10
Cane Town, South Africa, for the use of British
armed cruisers and men-of-war in case of the suez
Canal being blocked on an outbreak of war.
The war news has caused an advance OF four
sbillpgs per quarter in the price of wheat in Kent
BERLIN, April 2s.-The National ZeitoHg says that
Germany remains neutral in the present crisis
adding that request has been receiver iot nt tSo
ton. The National Zetung also denies that @ the
Car wrote the Emperor of Germany that the
chances for peace had diminished A.
PARIS. April 2S.-A dispatch from Berlln 70 1he
Jo,ynaI des DeJats states that Germany is not dis
posed TO become the mediator between Russia and
England The dispatch also states tnat husSia
& af sea arbitration as a means of Settlement.
SEryESfss. April 2s.-Four torpedo boats lying
~ I've been ordered into commission for lmme-
diate service.