The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-11
VIGOROUS MEASURES.
An Immediate Advance of
Troops Into Afghanisian.
RUSSIA ROUNDLY RIDICUDED.
Pushing War Preparations-Russ
the Agressor-Confiictin Reports
Peace Prospects-The Treaty.
Afghan Affairs.

Afghan Affairs.
LONDON, April 1O.-Lord Dufferin,
after a consultation with the Ameer,
urges the government to order an i'm.
mediate advance of troops into
The Ameer has sent out
couriers with orders to the Afghan
chiefs to meet him at Cabul for the pur-
pose holding Durbar.
CHARGE AGAINST THE RUSSIAN WAR
MINISTER.
Letters from st. Petersburg, mailed
at Berlin, in order to escape the Rus
sian censorship, charge the Russian
minister of war with having sent an
order to General Komaroff, at about the
end of February, to bring on conflict
with the Afghans, and state that Gen.
Komaroff started from Merv with re-
Inducements for Pulikhisti and took
advantage of the favorable opportunity
to make an attack soon after his arrival
at the latter place.
MORE VIGOROUS MEASURES.
LONDON, April 1O.-The Tories ridi-
Guile Russia's reply to England's de-
mand for an explanation of Gen.
Komaroff S attack upon the Afghans.
They argue that it will be impossible to
receive Gen. Komaroff's defense within
less than sixteen days and that Russia
will occupy that interval as she has
occupied the past seven months, in
reinforcing her army and strengthen
ing her positions on the Afghan
frontier. The Wing section of
the liberal party has joined
the Tories in demanding more
vigorous measures. They are urging
the government to send engineers, Off
GERS and troops to occupy and
strengthen Candahar, the capital of
Central Afghanistan, which is con-
necte3 by rail with Quetta and
which commands the most practicable
route from Afghanistan into Northern
India.
War preparations in all departments
of the military and naval services con-
tinue with undated vigor.
PUSHING WAR PREPARATIONS.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Daily Times
states that the government has ordered
all the war preparations to be accel-
Grated.
KoMARoFF UPHELD.
VIENNA, April 1o-Reliable advices
from st. Petersburg say that Russia
considers the excuse of De Giers for the
attack upon the Afghans sufficient, and
that government will not recall or
blame Gen. Komaroff, who, it con-
siders, did his duty. Prof. Vamberg
thinks the Turcomans probably pro-
voked the Afghans to cross the river.
CANDAHAR, April 10.-The Turko-
through the frontier towns of Afghan
alliance with Russia.
rsts. WORSE THAN WAR.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 10.-Traders
here tell NJ. Bange, Minister of Finance.
that the present state of uncertainty is
worse than war. Commercial circles
believe that war is inevitable and that
it is better that it should come now
than later.
Nora; VremyG accuses Lord Deitferin
of trying to provoke war, thereby ham
pering the negotiations between Russia
and England.
RUSSIA THE AGGRESSoR.
LONDON, April 10.-A Berlin CORE
spondent of the Morning Post says:
The Emperor ofGermany has expressed
the opinion that Russia was decidedly
the aggressor at Penjdeh.
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
LONDON, April 1O.-The Standard has
received the following from its CORE
spondent with Sir Peter Lumsden's
force: The accounts of the Afghan
losses in the recent engagement are con-
flicting. 1t is asserted that some
hundred Afghans were literally mass
acred. Sir Peter Lumsden has broken
camp at Gulran and is marching on
Tirpul, a station on the Herr Rud, near
Kusan. The force was overtaken on
the march by q severe snow storm
which caused several deaths and. great
suffering among the retinue.
PEACE PROSPECTS.
LONDON, April 1.-THE DAILY Nelcs,
this morning, saws that the latest adj
vices from st. Petersburg are OF re.
assuring nature, and justify the belief
that peace will be maintained. The
English government has, however, de
cided 70 prepare for war with
increased energy. In an editorial, the
NerS saws: If General Komarof's &C
ton was part of the policy of the Rus
sian government, it is useless to think
of delaying the war. 1t will be difficult
to deal with a government whose gen.
erals have trick of ignoring their In
structions. While hoping for the best
it is necessary to prepare for the worst
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