ANGLO-RUSSIAN CRISIS

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 135, 30 April 1885, Page 2

ANGLO-RUSSIAN CRISIS

. '. . It;:- ..■-■■•..■■■•■.l ■...,... MR GLADSTONE IN H_# OlJ> ; i FORM. VOTE OF £11,000,000 CARRIEIr WITHOUT DIVISIpK. .1 WAR STILL THREATENING. FURTHER ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIANS. (BBVTBB'S TELBOBAMSO '••/ Received April 30, 0.45 a.m. ; London, April 29. The. Standard ihis morning publishes a telegram from its speciai correspondent with General Lumsden to the effect that the Russian troops havo occupied Maruchak, a position on the river Mur-ghab, twenty/miles south of Pehjdeh. No details, howeyer, are given -with regard to the occurrence. Received April 30, 11 a.m. .. . i - • ■■' *^? N^°? r - Afp^ ?^- ■ In the House ol Commons lasi night Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, UnderSecretary ,f orr Forei^v^fDadrs,, announced that the Government liad received a telegram frpmLum^den^ dated Sunday, April 26th, in which he stated the. Russian troops wet« the valley of Mur-ghab, and had occupied Maruchak. . . y . :i :-,,-> y i ,j. : . LoßMif, April 28. lir the House of Commons last night Mr Gladstone urged the adoption of the e_tt_ab_-linsui^rl vote r £>t credit in a most- powerful speech -fen the Anglo-Russian sitnatio-t, ui.wliick he dwelt strongly on the necessity for England being prepared to. carry out to the utmost extent the pledge of support which had been accorded by the ' Government to the Ameer of Afghanistan. Mr Gladstone added, however, thai, - notwithstanding tho preparations which were being made. Her Majesty's Govwnmeht^ w.sre striving by all ' means : in their j&wor to bring about amicable, but at tho sametimse hdho"-rabl_V'_to^&_tent of the difficulty. , The Vote of credit was afterwards passed bythe House without a division. In view of the possibaify of war, Field-Marshal His Royal .-.tidiness the Prince of Wales is wti___iin£ : from Ireland at once. . F-a_rlGran*viUe,ForeiCT'Se<mit^in reply to the Russian Emperor's despatch deploring tiie prm>eot of war, cordially agreed with the Emperor , and expressed^ a hope that the negotiations now proceeding between thetwopbwers may lead to war being averted. . A number of the Afghan tribes are reported to be hostii; to^n^ahd. "- The Ameer of Afghanistan' has «__• Sressed himself . unwilling ito «Hj>w ritish troops to traverse his territory. There is great rejoicing, at Berlin and Paris over .the peace proposals, a^d the unfavourable terms accepted, by England. . A rumour is current that Germany and Austria have threatened to discard the terms of the Berlin Treaty unless Turkey preserved the neutrality of the Hellespont in the event of war between England and Russia. - ''<- r ?• Turkey has determined upon .4maining neutral, should war 6oc-_r'be-tween England and Russia. ''■ The arrogant tone displayed by Russia towards England on the Afghan frontier question is increftsftg. The troops which have' been-mobil-ised ih India are not to advahee into Afghanistan, as the Ameer, persists in tho assurance that he is able to defend his territory froin attack without the assistance of British troops. ,: JSfiwßT.Ai>ril2B. The Government received a telegram this afternoon from Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, announcing that the Government bare accepted the offer of the services ofihe New South .Wales Soudan contingent for employment in India: if circumstances^ render hecessWy '«&> Vafc. drawal of the 3ntis_i troops from Egypt.'.'- ■■'■> ■ ■■RAyy-ryr;^