CABLEGRAMS. . ENGLAND & RUSSIA. A DISQUIETING REPORT.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 99, 25 April 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS. . ENGLAND & RUSSIA. A DISQUIETING REPORT.

) London, April 23. ' It is positively affirmed that a despatch has been received by the Foreign ' Office, from the Russian Government, absolutely revising to "institute any , further inqiiirfes into General Komaroff's assertion as to tne cause of the hostilities atP;nj<ieh. The news has caused considerable agitation in political circles, and peace is now despaired of. The report already telegraphed as to the refusal or Russia to comply with the demand made by England for farther investigation into the cause of the i recent hostilities, has not been officially confirmed, and the accuracy is c'.oubted. 1 The 'Daily News' of to-day states that the negotiations at present- being - carried on between England and Bnssia are not of such a nature as to tended a peaceful settlement, ■ and expresses the opinjon that the patience of England* is almost exhausted. ' , , ,, t >

St. Petertburg, April 28, M. de Gie> % Russian Minister"; of foreign affairs,- 'slates that the British officers who were present at the recent engagement encouraged the, .Afghan^ to provoke 1 a Russian' attack,*; and;*that "General Komaroft's despatches'"which ; have .been^reeeifved\ in,, {sjfcm'lpetier.sburg amply ' insiifr 1 his' t! aeti'on": 'an'd -that. J •*•&!-' h>'f> w\ I,- t- vv;y : iA ftp •it lUnderjthe cj|rQ^nisfcan9^,.)it >|,v^ou; |j^t neve beeh'K iTieglb:ct ;<of',doty'if.he had Sailed to , atkek, the AfgjuCn&Y , « "i\ Bfisp>vtbl)es..bftVe^ljee^uirepMyei^yoin Sir Peter 2jurasden, l!iii -'which* Ife^iter-, ,; provoke the attack. »MimiA' • \J< JX :* — The- -KuHsians are oomppl!ihgf^th jes^ /itflf aiiitii W of kh& f milittiVy u rWU '^d^UiHls^^rit^^l^Mi