Another Dynamite Outrage

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 133, 25 April 1885, Page 2

Another Dynamite Outrage

IBBVTSBI's'tBLKOBAKS.) London, April 23. j A -further explosion, supposed to have been caused by dynamite, occurrdd at Whitehall this afternoon^ The scene of the outrage was the offioe of the Under-Secretary to the Admiralty Mr E. N. Swainsbh. ' The explosion was of an alarming nature, and Mr Bwairison, who was iii the • officb at the time sustained very severe injuries. The police , are [ actively engaged in tracing the perpetrators. " X , Received April 26, j2.40 a.m. :/i : / London, April 24. ; f In the House bf Gommons last nighi ■', Aie Pome Secretary, Sir William . VWnonHak)WS*t, f stated in reference tothe exploaipu a^ the Admiralty, timt ; althoug-A''^ cohrideraßle quantity of dynamite had -heen placed, Mr Swainson'e room, was only elightiy damaged.

ANGLO-RUSSIAN CRISIS ». *y — WAB INEVITABLE. RUSSIA DEFIANT. [beutebs* tbleobahs.l London, April 23. It is positively affirmed that a dispatch has been received by the Foreign Office from the Bussian Government absolutely refusing to institute farther enquiries into Komaroff's assertion as to the cause of hostilities at. Pen jd<sh. This news has caused considerable agitation in political circle*: •'- Peaesi ia now despaired of . [The above was issued as an " extra" yesterday morning.] ' The report already telegraphed as to the refusal of Bubsmtoc^ply witk the demand of England for -further investigation into the cause of recent hostilities has not been officially confirmed and its accuracy is doubted. The Daily News to-day states that the negotiations at present being cafoied on between England a£d Bussia arJs not of such a nature ' as to tend ' io' a peaceful settlement, and expressee the opinion that the patience of England is almost exhausted. The reports on the recent attacM by General Komaroff farnisbed. by Sir Peter Lumsden completely triiyewea those supplied by General Komaroff, and shows that the Afghans , did* not advance after the announcement of the agreement arrived at uetVeen' -England and Russia, and that tiie fighting which took place was forced by General J[ojnaroff. " !- ";'.'' The Marquis oi SaUsbury^spealang at Wrexham, urged the Governmept to resist the Bussian aggression in Afghanistan. The P. and 0. Company's steamer Bosetta has been engaged by the Admiralty as a cruiser. Persistent reports are in circulation to the effect that the Powers will endeavour to compel Turkey to maintain strict neutrality in the event of war breaking out. The Standard states : that ithe Government nave re-deinahded' from the Bussian Government a disapproval of General action. ;, „, „. , Mklbocbhb, April 24. The Defence ; Department /for* decided to form a Victorian reserve force to consist of 5000 men. ' ''' -' ' ' ; St. jfttTg-uupußa,; April 2jL The semi-official Journal de St. Petersbourg* in ah ; article on the Afghan question to day expresses its conviction that Lumsden's report to the British Government of the regent fighting tartts derived frbih Afghan sources, and further states that the Bussian Government places complete reliance on KomarofFs report of the proceedings. I Thei article concede* with a hope that peace may still bo looked for. "