Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-29
England Agog Over Rumors OF Another
Engagement Between the Russians
and Afghans.
The Forces OF the Gar said TO Have
Been Drlven Back With Great loss
The Report Not Confirmed,
A Synopsis OF the British Premier's
Speech In the Commons on the
Vote OF Credit.
AsoLo.nussrAS.
FnEiend rortifylnE nermuda,


that the British are putting the island
of Bermuda in complete state OF de.
Tense.
The Bermudas are group of small
low islands In the Atlantic ocean, be.
longing to Great Britain. They are
| 62i miles east-southeast OF Cape Hat
teras, which Ia the nearest land. The
| extent OF the group IL osly nineteen
miles by six miles, although the num-
| Der OF lslets Is nearly 400. Area TWEEN
ty-four square miles. They derive Inn.
portance from the commanding posi-
ton which they occupy. They are en-
closed on several sides by formidable
coral reefs. The largest Of these
Islands are Bermuda, fifteen miles
long, and st. Georges, three and one
half miles long.
Russia Refuses Arbitration.
PARIS, April GA special dispatch
from Berlin states that Germany 10 not
disposed to become mediator be-
tween Russia aud England. The dis
patch also states that Russia refuses
| arbitration as u means OF settling her
present difference with England,
Talking OF Mediation.
A dispatch to he Temps from Berlin
says that the royal families OF England
and Prussia have opened correspond
ence upon the subject OF mediation.
The Pross Comments.
The newspapers here to-day praise
Mr.. Gladstone's speech and applaud
the patriotism OF the English parlia-
ment.
lie Temps says II expects that after
exhausting diplomacy, In order TO
maintain honorable peace, Mr.. Glad.
stone will employ those rare admins.
trative qualities which have mad him
the first flnancier of our time
preparatory for war and in carrying IL
70 an end.
Journal des Desbats says lie Bos-
phore Egyptien affair has been settled
through the INTERPRETATION OF En-
gland and upon the following bess
Egypt apologies to M. Toliondier, the
French charge d'aifairs. The Offices
OF lie Bosphore ERyptiep will be re-
opened and the journal allowed to re-
appear forthwith and France abandons
her demand for the recall Of the officers
who forcibly entered lie Bosphore
Egyptien office in view OF an apology,
Another Battle.
LONDON, April 2s.--The news OF
another battle, though not yet con.
iirmed, has greatly increased the dan.
ger OF war.
The Times says that tho rllmor IL
probably first oozing out Off news which
has been officially suppressed.
At present only the Independence
Beige and the Daily News have re-
| aai nj hA 4 la
presumed that body OF Russians fol-
lowed body OF retreating Afghans,
while scouting In the country for the
purpose of collecting information, and
perhaps pushed to Chaman-bald, thus
coming In contact with the AZ
CHAN troops on the Kushk river
route TO Herat, or similar movement
may have been made from Iuflcar or
Akrobat.
AT present there Ia nothing to show
when the conflict occurred A decla.
ration OF war Is not expected TO follow
/, directly upon the rupture OF diplomat
J ic relations, Baron de Staal and Sir
Edward Thornton would be recalled
and Russia would then probably order
Gen. Komaron
no ADVANCE ON HERAT,
England meanwhile occupy ing Quota
|
sian transport which passed through
the Suez canal and was then ordered
back Is still waiting at
the entrance OF the canal
. causes some anxiety. The fiist charter
\ for coal TO be sent to Kronstadt WAS
made yesterday. Russian importers
are anxious to get coal early into the
Baltic. All British merchandise bias
been insured against war risks. Dur
ing the last few days 1t has been re.
\ ported that the whole Russian coast OF
the Baltic has been strongly fortified,
g and that approach at any point ~ dan
! ger0us, owing 10 the presence OF tor
: pedocs and sea mines.
Establishing Uoaiing stations.
Immenee quantities Of coal are being
= shipped 10 Capetown, South Africa,
for the use Of British armed cruisers
and men-Of-war In the event OF war
between England and Russia.
A Slaughter in Afgianistan.
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Daily News says: ~ am Informed
on good authority Of another engage
ment on Afghanlstan frontier, Of 100
Russians who engaged the Afghans.
: Nearly all were killed."
The Russians Defeated.
BRUSSELS, April 2S.--The Indepen-
dence Beige publishes, under reserve
= but from an excellent source, the re-
port Of fresh battle between tho Rus
SLAMS and AfghaDs, la which the for
}. mer were defeated aud retreated, hay
ing met with heavy ioss.
Arrangements for Moving tho forces ~
India.
The commlssary department OF the
Indian army has completed arrange
ments for furnishing transportation
and provisions In India for two army