The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-18
FOREIGN.

! statements in the commons last night
regarding the Anglo-Russian situa.
tien have restored prices in the stock
market and a general advance has
been caused in both home and for
eign securities. Russian securities
advanced Il over yesterdays closing
prices.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 14,-The
czar Ut Russ a said tonight during
an informal talk with several iplo-
mats at an imperial levee, 81 cannot
conceive why any but the widest
dreamer could think ! could declare
war against England. Our ends can
and will be attained. but will be at
tained by the gradual powers of CIV
ilization and not by force"
BERLIN,.' March II The Russian
govern ment has formally sanctioned
the reciprocal treaty between Russia
and Germany. 1t provides for the
extradition of conspirators against
the lives of royal personages.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 14.-The
Journal De st. Petersburg says nego-
tlatiOns bttWeen Russia and England
still continue and are conducted with
the firm desire to avoid collision.
LONDON, March 1.-THE Times
states that during the past two days
war rates have been paid on British
vessels en- route from San Fran cisco
and other distant ports, and on those
en- route from the Baltic Sea and
Black Sea ports.
The Chinese embassy deny that the
French have occupied the heights of
Keeling as claimed ia Paris. Men,
bers of the embassy say the French
after fighting several days and losing
500 men, succeeded in occupying two
positions commandi ,g the road
across the island be- yeen Keeling
and Yamsui, but the Chinese still
hold ali other forts. 1n securing
these two positions the French made
the first and only successful advance
since landing at Keeling in Septem-
her.
ST.. PETERSBURG, March 1.-THE
Zeitung says the boundary question
is not a Eur hpean question, but pure
ly local affair. General Kamarotf,
in command of the Russian troops,
has been strictly ordered to abstain
from all aggressive movements and
exert his influence upon the Turko-
mans as far as possible, with a view
of preventing q collision with the
Afghans. Recent reports of fur
ther Russian a lvance are incorrect.
ALEXANDRIA, March HI ,behr
Pasha has been arrested and his
house searched, and documents
found proving his completely with
the Mahdi. Zobehr was sent aboard
British frigate. Zpbehr Pasha is
the person whCm General Gordon
asked to be made governor of khar-
t)um.
ALEXANDRIA, March 14.-Zsbehr
Pasha will tie exiled on the Island of
Cypres. Z.tebr has been under
surveillance which practically made
him prisoner for the past two years.
His wealth, mainly acquired in the
slave trade, was confisc ted and he
was allowed a quarterly stipend Oh
condition he should not leave
Alexandria without the consent of
the KheGive. Gen. Gordon pleaded
that Z.behr should be restored to
power in the SCUBA and said that
the ex-slave king was the only man
who had enough nerve and prestige
to keep the Arabs in sub
lection. Gen. Gordon had encounter
ed Zebehr during his former service
in E yypt and had hanged .one of
Zsbehr's sons, who was left as a
hostage, and whose life became for
feited by an act Of tre achery on Zeb-
shr's plrt. When Gordon was sent
to Khartoum last year, both he and
Z,behr Pasha seemed to have agreed
to ignore the past. There was another
of ..Zebehr's sons who escorted GeU.
Gordon across the desert from Rorc-
so 90 to Abu Hamed. Without this
escort it is certain General Gordon
would never have got to Khartoum.
It has now been discovered by the
British government that Zebehr has
been in continual correspondence
with Ell Mahdi, both before and since
the capture of Khartoum, and the
killing of Gen. Gordon. Several other
persons are about 10 be arrested, in.
cluding some prominent notables.