Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-05
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kUnE1uN.
STEAMER Eoaader~A.
LONDON. April 4--The ssssrsr NJ,
lrpol foondsfsd IL the Sea Of Axo
thirty perso0s we're lost.
The Prsnee's learner.
LozDox. April The Princs an
Frnoess OF Wakes viii depart for In
sand on Tuesday eEeuina nsxt. The
VIII taks the train which lesTes Eusso
railway station II s o'clSck that even
Ing. and VII arrive At Hsiyhead in tim
20 take the midnight boat scross Q
hlnRssoTn- II the Sea be smooth Ii
Fr1nee and Princess will hand on Irisl
soll osfOre 8 o'clock "Wednesday morn
ing.
Tswn earned By InafaaA
GuATxAs, April 4-Ths latest rsportsS
Depreciation Of the GaQui Indians ia ID,
o1FntnQ 20 the ground Of the uiniu,
town Of GsqGis. near CarnaripA- TwC
Isdisns we're killed.
a CsaI Pert.
HosekOSs, April A. Eseland Ia,
made arrangements for The establish
nenf Of q coal port at Hamilton. ia.
island IN the CoreAh Archipelago owe.
pan OF which the british dAe "a.
boosted Yesterday.
osnsan Btgna'. Po-fsien.
sUAKIM, April 4. A spy retained
from Erko~it reports that Osznaa Dieus
zIth 200 men . AZ Shaksteb. which IS a
strong position between Sinkat and Er
kovlt- The SOY SAYS that Osman Di0ns's
followers are openly deserving him.
TaE AFGHAN aTEsTIok.
RUSSIAN PRoPuzAIs.
LONDON. April l-The Pal Nall &C.
-sfie this afteFnOoa states that the re-
ply OF Russia to En9iand's proposals
concerning the Afghan frontier line dis
pute ls most conciiiasory. The Rus
slsns, the Edzsfts says, earnestly wish
the lolnt commission 10 commence the
sork OF settling ths frontier line a.
sosn - possible. They accept the
prlneiple Of zone OF survey, bat in
stead OF drawing the southern bound
airy OF this Zone at What they consider
the northern frontier Of AfRhanistsn,
which - An imaginary line drawn across
. desolste steppe, they propose that the
line of the zone Of survey be carried up
to the only natural line Of demaros-
ton existing-nsnely, the Borkus spur
of the ParApamisus. The difference
between the English and R1ssien pro
posais, the tFassfts says, IL that the zone
proposed BY Russia would include a
triangular pieoe Of sseppe twenty to
thirty miles wide. which would be ex-
cluded from the zone of survey within
which the English propose to coufine
the work Of the boundary commission.
AsXIETT ABOUT TEE INDIAN FRScEs.
LONDON, Aprii THE British foreign
office has oabled to Lord Duffarin Rus
sis's reply to Granville's note. Duff
FERNS opinion Of the reply and Of the
situation generally u awaited With some
solicitude. There is an uneasy feeling
IN military circles that England NAV
have lighted too big torch in India.
The armies Of the Indian princes have
been filed with ardor and may take 70
lighting each other. The British garri-
sons are nunerically Insignificant, and
they would have their hands full in the
event OF conflict between any two Of
the leading potentates.
THE NEGOTIATIONS Win TIE AsKxn.
LONDON. April A-The repsrts which
are received from Earl Duderin, British
Niceroy OF India, indicate that the ne
gotiatloEs IN progress at Ravul Pindi,
tetgeen Great Britain and Abdurrah-
sman, Amer Of Afghanistan, are salts.
factory TO the Indians and apparently
to the British: but they also indicate
that the negotiations tend 80 strong
toward joint military alliance between
England end the Ameer, that their sue
cess may be accepted by Russia as a
menace Earl Duferin, for instance,
today reports that the Ameer has OBJ
tanned from India Q special subsidy
for the maintenance of an Afghan oar
ria N at Hefst Of sufficient strength
10 insure that district. In addition, IL
has been decided to give Abdurraha-
man tbs services of an English officer
to superintend the work of constructing
series of fortresses which have been
decided on as q line of defense slone
the northern frontier. OF course, ID is
stipulated that the fortresses are TO be
garrisoned and defended by Ar
grams exclusively, bot Russia il
given cause for irritation in the soien-
tito and professional military aid openly
and officially given By England. Again
Lord Dufferin reports that on the part
Of Great Britain 1t has bean agreed that
the English shall construct q railroad
from Bolan to Candahar and a military
road from CandRhar to Herat, and in
addition TO this to link the forrresses
between Balkan, herat and Can
dahaR together by telegraph
system. Ii Is feared by careful obsery-
ers that Russia may Al least continue
the struggle With the Afghan question,
under the assumption that the Rawui
Pindi Council is really arranging
q compact. with Great Britain
as the chief contracting spirit.
Of firm Of which the Amer ia bat q
dummy. The Russian army organ,
the Sect, published az Sc. Peters
burg, renevs its menace against
England. II declares quite broadly
that II the English advise that Hsrat be
fortified and fertilization fellow as
resalt OF Eogiish counsel and with Eng
ish assistance. Il viii constitute oessns
bRi.