AFGHAN DIFFICULTY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1962, 11 April 1885, Page 2

AFGHAN DIFFICULTY.

(ReUTER's Te[;K(J!}AMB—CorYKIGHT.I London, April v. In tllfi House of Commons to-day Mr Gladstone made il statement regarding th(j outbreak of hostilities on the Afghn frontier. The Premier stated that in?.' formation had reached the Government that the Afghan gave no provocation for the attack made upon them by the Bussian General Komaroff, and added that, the British Cabinet had demanded an explanation from the Russian Government as to the occurrence, ''' ''' ' . ... St..Petersburg, Aprils. M. Giers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, waited on the British Ambassador last evening, and expressed the Czar's hope that the Russo-Afghan incident have the effect of stopping the parly which was then proceeding betvfllji England and Russia on the frontier question. He added that the Russian officers in Central Asia were unaware of the agreement arrived at between England and Russia on the 13th ultimo, that, no advance should take place on either side in Afghanistan pending ihe result of the negotiations. ; JL London, April l(T A later despatch lias been received by the Government from Sir Peter Luinsden, in which he qualifies the statement' that the Russian attack mi the Afghan troops was entirely unprovoked, and states that when the Russian force menaced the Afghan outposts at Penj Deh the Afghans crossed the river Khusk and took up a stronger position.