ENGLISH NEWS.
FLIGHT OF RUSSIAN MISSION PEOM CABUL THE CANADIAN CONTINENTAL RAILWAY. PROBABLE RUSSO-CHINESE WAR. DECREASE OF DISTRESS IN ENGL UVD. [TIMAHU HEBAIiD.] London, 15th February.
It has been conclusively ascertained that the Russian Mission fled from Cabul with Shere Ali. The Canadian Government have determined to proceed with the first section of the British North American Continental Railway at dnce, and with the utmost speed. It will start at Superior City, at the northern cud ot Lake Superior, and be continued along the shores of Lake Winnopeg. Two Englishmen have been murdered at the Canary Islands. Bombay, 15th February. The position of affairs in Kashgaria is assuming very seriou* proportions. A general war between China and Russia is considered inevitable. London, 16th February. The distress is decreasing throughout the country. A new conspiracy has been discovered at Moscow, and amongst other suspected persons arrested is an American named Meyer. There are large numbers of volunteers for -service in Natal. The new Chinese Ambassador has arrived in London.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 350, 21 February 1879, Page 2
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168ENGLISH NEWS. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 350, 21 February 1879, Page 2
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