RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND ENGLAND.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright
THE AFGHAN FRONTIER QUESTION.
RESIGNATION OF GENERAL SIR PETER LUMSDEN.
DECLARATION BY RUSSIA CONCERNING HERAT.
(Received May 8, 1.5 a.m.) London, May 7. It is announced that General Sir Peter Lumsden has resigned, owing to his discontent with the action of England on the Afghan frontier question. It has transjtiicdth.it Kir.« Christian of Denmark h, t .s been invited by Russia to arbitrate between England and that
country in regard to the Penjdeh incident, and that, he has signified his willingness to accept the office, provided an invitation emanates from the British Government also.
The Daily News to-day states that the Russian Government have assured England that they have no designs on Herat, now or future.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2692, 8 May 1885, Page 2
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