The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-05
| ARMED PEACE /!
Russia Massing Thousands of
Armed Men on Afghan's
Northern Frontier.
Enghnd's Tany Catches the
Ameer, and She steals an
Island in the COrea.
Turkey Having Been Used as n
Cats-paw Is Dropped and
the Chestnut Taken.
Something from FrunCe-The
New Cabinet is n DinicUlt
Thing TO Construct.
THE ENGLISH SPIDER.
THE AMEER WILL WALK INTO IT'S PAL
LOR. THE BOUNDARY QUESTION,

THE AMER WILL WALK INTO IT'S PAR
LOR- THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
London, April 4.-Tho cabinet at
the council held to-day approved OF
the agreement made between the
ameer of Afghanistan and the earl of
Dullerin. Abdurrahman's express
ion of desire to visit England hav-
ing been reported by Lord Duffcrin
TO the government, the viceroy has
been instructed to invite the ameer to
come TO London us the guest of the
crown. The cabinet, ut its session
this afternoon had under consid-
Grafton the acceptance of the English
proposals concerning the Afghan
boundary line, as sent Earl Granville
by Prime Minister DeGiers for Rus
STA. The Russian response cannot be
deemed complete acceptance or
anything more than provisional ac-
ceptance. DeGiers, in answer TO
Granville's proposal that Russia
should agree to confine the dispute
between the two powers TO a zone ill.,
GLIDING all the debatable points and
| to be called the "zone of survey" as
delineated by England in the proposal
is reference to the Afghan frontier
until the conclusion or failure of the
pending negotiations.
Russia continues TO declare that she
is making no preparation for war nj
the border and Baron de Stnal strong
ly afilrms to this affect but all these
protests are looked upon here us dip
lomatic declarations. The English
embassy at Teheran Persia near the To-
locality of the threatened conflict repor
that large masses of Russian troops
agrees to do so; provided the zone be
extended southwark to the fork of
the Parapamison range of mountains.
This request on the part of Russia
will, If conceded to limit the discus
sion to a zone containing all the
points admitted by England to be de-
batable, provided this zone is so eX-
tended as to include all the territory
which Russia desires to make debat-
able. Baron de Staal, the Russian
ambassador to England has sent
separate communication to Granville,
tho contents of which have not yet
been made public, but it is reported,
| on good authority, that the De Staal
document is All official Russian
uitcrance on the subject of the irrita-
ton caused to Russia by the military
and anti. Russian demonstrations In
India. 1t is also stated that this doe
mcnt urges England to argue with
Russia to abandon all military
preparations and demonstrations
continue to pass through Tiilis NOV
ing southwards. The English consul
at Batour makes similar report, and
the reports from both sources are to
effect that the large bodies of troops
are supposed to be on their way to
Mcrr. The British government has
also received reliable information to
the effect that there has been recently
an immense increase in the num-
Der of Russian troops already
stationed in line between
Baker aud Sarakhs, at least 65,000.
The return of the response from De
Giers to the English proposals makes
it necessary to prolong the period of
correspondence between the two
powers on the Afghan question, us
the joint commission appointed by
England and Russia TO meet and adj
just the Afghan boundary within the
lines agreed upon by the disputants
cannot meet or begin their
work until the zone of the
debate is determined by the principal
1t follows that Russia, whatever heI
ultimate object may be, is at present
engaged successfully in the effort t.
gain time. since the subsistence o
last weeks war fear, the conservativ,
press claims that the goverDmen
made use OF the queens proclamation
calling out the reserves and militia Il
, secure votes for the Egyptian finan
i cial agreement by frightening parlis
ment with the prospect of a chang
of government on the eve of wa
, with a great power.