ENGLAND & RUSSIA
[Reuteb's Telegbams.]
London, April 24
4.n the House of Commons to day Mr Gladstone announced that her Majesty's Government were now engaged in negotiations of an extremely grave nature with Russia, and it was impossible for him to make a statement to the House at the present juncture. The Daily News this morning, in a leading article on the Afghan question, says the only hope of peace that is possible, is in the conclusion of an agreement delimiting thp frontier lioe in Afghanistan, and adtfs that the negotiations now in progress to that end are not of a hopeless nature. Mk^oubne, Yesterday. CrOTsrnmenfc ar& ia receipt of a telegraphic despatch from the Agent-General, Mr Murray Smith, to the effeci that war is inevitable, though not immediate. A ixelaide, V esterday. Sir Arthur Blytb, South Australian Agent* General in London, telegraphs his Government that affairs hare a very warlike tendency.
(Beceived April 25, 11.30 a.m.) London, April 24. Australian Contingent Volunteers for Service in India. Tiie Australian contingent, now serving in the Soudan, bas offered to go to India should occasion require for their services, St. Petebsiubg, April 24. Expected Resignation of the Russian Minister for FQreiga Affairs, It is expected that M. de Giers will shortly resign the portfolio of Minister fop yorei|D Afairi, "
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5079, 25 April 1885, Page 2
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216ENGLAND & RUSSIA Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5079, 25 April 1885, Page 2
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