The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-16
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS NOTES
England.

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ALMOST \ PANIC.
There was great depression in hnnn'
cial circles hero this morning, but 10 "
too evident that leaders OF tho street
now feel that war IN certain, CunHols,
which closed last right atSI T-lO ior both
money and account, opened this morn
ing at 1851, Russian securities are about
as weak AZ hey well can he, having de-
clined 8 points since tho close
last night. AT noon consOls made
further heavy decline, and tho fooling
upon tho ST. Get was decidedly panicky.
Consols were then quoted AT % for both
money aud account. Russian securities
further declined three points. Consols
closed very weak.
OFFICIAL OPINIONS.
Baron DeStaae, the Russian embassa-
dor, thinks the fighting in Aighanistsn
more serious than has been reported In
the different press dispatches. Nj. Les
sar, in an interview to-day, said the
Afghans caused tho fight through at
lacking n number of Russian pickets
and driving them from their posts. The
Russians retaliated, when general
fight ensued.
element reigned on the Lon
don stock exchange, amounting
to almost panic over the news OF the
fight in Afghanistan, which is regarded
as equivalent to IL declaration oil war.
Foreign funds were demoralized. Rus
SLAMS are quoted al S21s.
AN ENGLISH ACCOUNT CT THE BATTLE
A dispatch to tho Times from Gubran,
dated Aprli 3, states that the Russians,
while making y preleXt of changing
the position of their out-posts on the
Afghan frontier, attacked Penideh on
March 30 ard drove the Afghans out
of their position. The Afghans
stubborply resisted thoiI assaults. the
weather was wet at tho time oil the
attack, which rendered the muzzo-load-
ing guns of the Afgnans useless. Two
companies held ono position against the
Russians until it, defenders were KILLED.
The Afghans retreatod TO Maranchal<
in perfect order. The Russians made
no pursuit. The Sarahks remained
neutral, but plundered the Al
ghans' camp. Tho Russian losses
are said TO have been great
The British officers remained until tho
Afghans affected their retreat, when
they Joined the camp Oh Sir Peter Lums'
den.
THE TELEGRAPH's STATEMENT.
The telegraph, in its fourth edition,
states that The gravity OF tue Eews from
the Afghan borders has not been in any
degree diminished by advlce5 TO the
government. The Telegraph has dis
Gen. KomorofI, after his victory, occu-
pied Penjdeh, which has long been held
by an Afghan garrison. The Telegraph
expresses fear that the British olhrers
referred to fell in the route at PEI jdeh.
st. Petersburg merchants have toie-
graphed ,heir agents i'll Paris not to
consign goods for them via the Baltic
sea in English vessels.
Parliament reassembled to-day after
the Easter recess.
In the house OF commons Gladstone
confirmed the intelligence OF the battle
between the Russians and the Afghans.
He said from the Information which the
government had received of the fight
The Russians have boon guilty OF an un-
justiiiable attack on The Aighans. Eng.
land mas demanded from Russia a tull
explanation in regard to the affair. In
conclusion he said that the government
had received 40 information corrObora-
tive Of the report that The Russians had
occupied PeDideh.
2LUMSDEN PRoBABIA Az HERAT.
The government believes that CEN
eral Sir Peter Lumsden, the British
Afghan boundary commissioner, is al
present at Herar, which he will tortiiy
and hold, If neces sarY, against the Rus
slams. The ordinary deienses of Herat
are reported to hein good condition: IL
is stated that the promised
orders to have the Russian
advance stopped, which DeGriers, the
Russian foreign minister, gave assur-
ance he would send, were SO managed
that they did not reach the headquarters
of Gen. MaIakoff,, the Russian com.
mander at the front, until after his at
tack upon the Alghaus.
THE CABINET MEETING.
II was aseertatneo iate this afternoon
that to-day's session Of the cabinet had
not been called, as had been given
out recently, to prepare foi
the evenings opening OF par
lament. TIE real purpose ol
the session was TO discuss the alarming
kilograms which were coming in from
Sir Peter Lumsden. The first of these
dispatches was received yesterday, but
as it came i'll an Incomplete state
il was not acted on; al.
though it was of an alarming ma
ture,- action uss postponed in order
to get the full text. The telegram read
thus: ga large force OF Russians from
Pull Khist mace a sewers attack upon
the Afghan outposts at Penjdeh." Al
this, the most important poiut, the dis
patch was broken off, evidently through
the cutting OF wires. 1t was do
cided that Sir Peter Lumsden had
gone at once to Guleran for the pur-
pose of remaining on guard at Kobst
was entertained that between the time
of the receipt of the broken dispatch
and to-day's developments, the gov
ornment, while believing that the Az
chan defeat at Penjdeh was
really less disastrous than reported,
still considered the incident, unless sat.
isfactorily explained, casus belli. The
cabinet also discussed the question of at
once sending the six iron-clads at Malta
10 Dardanelles. There is great agitation
This evening in all the government
departments. 1t is stated that 12,0U0 re-
Inducements will be at once sent to
india. Tie first army reserve will
probably be called out Immediately. The
Earl OF Dufferin, at Rswul Pinde, to-
day, was informed by telegraph of what
had occurred at Penjdeh. He
at once tod Abdurrhaman,
the ameer of Afghsnistan and the native
Indian chiefs, v no are in attendance at
the council. The chiefs unanimously
recommended the immediate throwing
of troops into Afghanistan. This re-
commentator las been placed before
the home government at London. Later
in the day the surmise of the
government jp regard to the
movements of Sir Peter Lumsden
we're substantiated by. the receipt of a
telegram from him at Guleran. This
telegram was dated April / and COM
pleted the broken dispatch. 1t states
officially that the Russians attacked
the Afghans eptrenched in their posi-
tion at Penjdeh and slaughtered 200
of the garrison. Seventy thou.
eand British and Indian troops