ANGLO-RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1340, 14 May 1885, Page 1

ANGLO-RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY.

London, May 10. The Ameer of Afghanistan has given permission to the British to occupy and fortify Herat. May 11. It is stated in some quarters that an agent has been appointed by the Russian Government in Calcutta. A report is current that a British Commission will proceed to Herat to erect fortifications there, the consent of the Ameer having been obtained. The report, however, lacks official confirmation at present. In the House of Lords to-day Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced that a Conference had recently taken place between M. de Stacl, the Russian Ambassador to England, M. Lessar, Russian Commissioner, Earl Kimberley, Secretary of State for India, and himself, and that the Conference resulted in an agreement on the Afghan Frontier Question, which was perfectly satisfactory both to England and Russia. Earl Granville added that Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India, concurred entirely in the arrangement that had been come to. May 12. The general impression is that the proposed arbitration in connection with the Russo-Afghan difficulty will be dropped. It is considered probable that after the delimitation of the frontier line is settled, a convention will be held in Russia.