The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-16
AFGHAN AFFAIRS.
Claims, Criticisms, Agree
ments, Disagreements.
THE MoHAMMEDAN REVOLT.
Phelps Arrives in England-The End
of the Strike-Reils Rebellion
Other News.
The Afghan Affair.

ST. PETERSBURG, May Is. = NOUoe
Eremya reviews the discussion of the
question Of an Anglo Russian alliance
with Herat belonging to Russia.
Nouoe Vremya has a telegram from
Lelay, in Trans-C aucasia, reporting that
bAfghan frontier. The principal jour
mails still advocate a conterminous
| frontier for England and Russia.
The M0ScolU Gazette says Russia's res
olute attitude has brought the British
cabinet to confess it's mistakes and to
hasten to ratify them.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 15.-The Official
| Messenger to-day publishes report
from General Komaroff to the effect
that the Sariks are opposed to the from
| tier line proposed by England claiming
it is an infringement upon their rights
and gives the best land in the disputed
territory to the Afghans A council of
ministers was held. and after thoroughly
discussing the subject it was decided to
support the claims of the Sariks. Fur
Their preparation between England and
Russia will now be necessary, so that
the claims of the Sariks may be consio-
cred before the Anglo-Russian agree
ment can be approved by Russia.
PARIS, May ia dispatch from st.
Petersburg to the Journal DIES DebGts
states that Russia has entirely rejected
the British proposals. The same dis
patch also states that Russia will de-
mand the right to have an acknow-
lodged Russian representative at Cabul,
the capital of Afghanistan. French
diplomats think this later demand, if
made, will prove more serious than any
frontier question.
LONDON, May 15.-The Standard be-
lieves Russia definitely declines to
sanction the proposals regarding the
Afghan frontier Just submitted for ap-
proyal by England.
The Standard, in an editorial, says:
To speak plainly. the draft of the Anglo
Russian agreement which was sent to
st. Petersburg for approval, was found
to be wholly Unacceptable to the Cars
ministers. Though not formally re-
jected, it has been so thoroughly con-
demned in detail, that practically it
has ceased to be an agreement. There
issomething vastly more serious than
the hitch at proceeding. We are back
in February again, the situation only
being altered to our disadvantage.
The Times Calcutta correspondent de-
military preparations in India. He
saws rumors to that effect are untrue.
LONDON, May 15.-Lord Edmund
Fitzmaurice, Under Foreign Secretary,
announced in the House of Commons,
this afternoon, that Russia had not yet
sent any answer to the English pro-
posal.
Gladstone stated that Russia's reply
to the proposition concerning the AT
CHAN agreement had been awaited for
some days. A portion of the papers re-
lating TO the frontier question would be
circulated tomorrow. but as the negoti-
ations were incomplete. the papers
would be broken off at the Penjdeh in
cident. In regard to the report that
Russia had given an intimation of de-
mand to have an acknowledged Russian
representative at Cabul, Gladstone
said he knew nothing. Referring to
the crimes act, he said, without
entering into details, the government
intended to embedy the various pro-
visions into that act which they deemed
to be both valuable and equitable. This
statement was greeted with groans by
the Parnellite members. 1t would be
the duty of government, continued
Gladstone, to press the House to pass
LIE Dill llllO Law. W GIG Vic OOiAO1tlOho
more favorable, government would be
most anxious to deal with the question
OF self-government in Ireland and the
land purchase in Ireland. Both were
measures towards which the govern
ment felt they had unfulfilled obliga-
tions. 1t was with great regret that
government announced their inability
to ask the House to deal with those
measures during the present session.
LONDON, May 15.-The Pau Mall
Gazette this afternoon says it is untrue
that Russia has either accepted or re-
iected the English proposals regarding
the Afghan frontier arrangement.
The Globe states that England de-
manded definite pledge from Russia
to respect the new Russia-Afghan
frontier under any circumstances and
to renew the assurance that Afghan
istan was soutside the Russian sphere.
Russia refused to accede 10 this request
of England and retaliated by demand
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