THE AFGHANISTAN DIFFICULTY.
London, July 17.
General Komaroff states that he was not aware that the Consul’s clerk who was flogged by the Russians at Kesk wa« in the British service. J ,
It is announced that the Russian Government have put forward a claim to occupy a position commanding the Zuifikar Pass, alleging ns a reason that the shortest road between the Russian, position at / kr'obat and Mulahana Puka (sic) lies through that Pass. It is also announced that Russia now wishes the delimitation enquiry to take place on the Afghan frontier, and not in London.
July 18, It is announced that the EnglishAfghan Boundary Commission has encamped at a distance of 17 miles northward of Herat. St. Petersburg, July 18. The Journal de St. Petersburg, in an article to-day on the movements of the Uussian troops in the vicinity of Zu fik«r Pass, states that they are unimportant in character, and adds that Russia will do nothing likely to compromise the present negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the frontier question.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1368, 21 July 1885, Page 1
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172THE AFGHANISTAN DIFFICULTY. Temuka Leader, Issue 1368, 21 July 1885, Page 1
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