The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-11
AFGHAN AFFAIRS.
The Situation Growing More
Serious Daily.
THE ELECTION IN CHICAGO.
The ReiI ReBe1lion-Barrios' Sue
cessor-At the Isthmus-Wants
Reparation.
The Afghan Affair.

Sr PETERSBURG, April 10.-The Jour
o,nI do ST Petersb1trg states that General
Komaroff7s return within his lines after
driving off the Afghans, indicates that
the Russian attack was caused by the
hostile action of the Afghans, thus the
affair assumes a less serious aspect and
becomes a merely accidental conflict
difficult to avoid, considering the
extremely strained condition OF affairs
and the proximity of the Russian and
Afghan outposts. The Journal
EXPRESSES the hope that the conflict
will not interfere with INTERPRETATIONS
now in progress between England and
Russia.
Morning newspapers throughout Rus
STA with very few exceptions, comment
ing on the recent battle between Rus
s1ans and Afghans On the Kushk river,
are very bellicose in their utterances,
and charge Earl Dufferin and Sir Peter
Lumsden with provoking war by ad-
vising the Afghans to advance on Pull
khistl. which British officials knew was
part of Russian territory. Afghans,
they say, also fRlly understood that
Pui-i-khisti was Russian territory, and
would never have ate npted 10 advance
their pickets to that point unless
strongly urged teEdo so by British 9TH
Gals. The war party fully endorse the
assertions of these newspapers, and are
very pugnacious over the affair.
1t is reported that the Queen will re-
turn to England Immediately from AK
Les Baines, France, in view of the
crisis In the relations between England
and Russia. Sixty thousand men from
the army reserves and the whole militia
will be called out. The naval reserve
will be used for home defense.
LONDON, April d0.-Russi2n agents IN
London have visited the offices of q
number of steamship companies and
made heavy bids for the purchase OF
their fast going vessels. The extraordIn-
ary offers for these steamers aroused
the suspicious of the officers of the
companies who upon inquiry became
convinced that if the vessels were sold,
they would be used by the, Russian gov
eminent for war purposes, and so re-
ported the factsto the British admiralty.
1t was stated at the foreign Office this
afternoon that Russia dad not yet re-
rlied to the demand of England for a
full explanation respecting the Russian
attack on the Afghans on Kushk river.
LONDON. April 10.-Russia had not
received General Komarotf s explana-
ton. In regard to the question OF
the paesent occupation of Pen
jdeh, Mr.. Gladstone stated that he
had been in communication upon this
subject with Sir Edward Thornton,
British Ambassador at st. Petersburg,
and that the latter had informed him
that the Russians do not occupy
Penjdeh, but have retired to the posi-
tons they occupied before the battle
with the Afghans.
BosToN, April 1e.-A private cable
dispatch received in this city from Lon
don, says that it is reported that the
English ultimatum to Russia is iwentY-
four hours in which te recall General
Kamarof or go to war.
LONDON, April 10.-dn the House 'of
Commons to-day, Gladstone said that q
reply was received from Russia last
night. This stated that Russia had al
ready asked General Kamaroff to ex-
plain his conduct in attacking the
Afghans at Penjdeh-
LONDON, April 10.-Leading officials
at the Woolwlch arsenaahave been sum
moned to the war Office to attend e
conference upon the question of the
dispatch of war material to India.
The Sir William Armstrong gun
manufacturing company have received
orders from government tor the lmme-
date construction of ninety field guns.
Employees in this company's establish
ment are already working on double
time to fill government orders.
ALEXANDRIA, April, 10.-Etlis reported
here that the British government has
arranged In the event of war with Rus
STA, to have the troops now operating
in the Soudan, sent to Galkpoli, at the
entrance of the Sea of MSnmoYa, and
have their places taken by Turkish
soldiers.