ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 652, 30 October 1878, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

[press agency.] A Calcutta despatch states that orders have been issued.to concentrate; troops towards the frontier, with the yie.w of early operations if necessary. It is.semiofficially announced that the Ameer of Cabul has allowed three, letters from the Viceroy of India to remain.unanswered. A Bombay despatch says no attempt will be made to induce the Ameer to receive a British envoy. .The mission is already broken up. General Sir Neville Chamberlain lefib for Madras with 8000 men, and will start in a few days to strengthen the force at Quettah. It is considered certain that a move will, be. made thence on Candahar,

\vliich would open communication between Cabul and Herat. Simultaneously with this movement it is said 1000 men will go tqKohat by the Karam Valley, whilst a column will traverse the Khyber Pass,- It is estimated that there will be plenty of time for these operations before snow falls. A despatch from Simla confirms most of the details regarding the concentration of troops, and reports that the Karam Valley people are peaceable, and friendly. By ibis route the force might advance within seventy miles ; of Cabul. The Khyber Pass will be avoided. It is not intended to attack Cabul. The probable effect of the demonstration will bo to show the helplessness of the Ameer, and conciliate the frontier tribes by friendly treatment. Another despatch from Simla reports that Commissioner Pemway is with )iopes of success to detach the inhabitants of Khyber Pass from the Ameer to Cabul. A Constantinople despatch states that Prussian head-quarters have been/removed to Adrianople. Khiniskin Pasha, formerly Prime Minister of Bey of Tunis, has been mentioned to the Sultan as capable of reorganising Turkish affairs. The Sultan a*ked him to state his views. Vienna, September 24. . It is officially announced that the Austrians occupied Rongatika without opposition.' The insurgents, after battle at Soukir, fled panic-stricken to Viohgrad and Gonadasan. London, September 27. It is reported that an order has been issuedfor dispatching 10,000 waterproof sheets and 5000 blankets to the Indian army. Field stores are also being prepared for immediate issue.