SIR PETER LUMSDEN.
The followingjihformatibn is f rom the correspondents of the Daily Chronicle: — Sir Peter; I^unisden's resignation has ' evoked- a gbodldeai of: feeling iit Allahabad, the general belief being that it is due t«) the fact, that the British Commissioner no longer doubts that he has. been humiliated «nd thwarted f rbin first to last. As tbAvhether the Russian at-tack-was an audacious or a justifiable act no doubt exists here,- the. evidence proving its • aggressive character _ clearly enough. -The correspondent with; Sir Petet - Lumsdeh at Tirpul .telegraphed undei: 'date on the Ist inst. that the Heratifr andKandahans are very de3iroui of having the co-operation of British tmop^for -the 'purpose o$ assiaijng them in.checkihg' Bussian designs. He further Bt4'tes'that the exact number of Afghans killed m the attack at Pul-i-Khisti was 247.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 44, 20 July 1885, Page 3
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