THE WAR-CLOUD IN THE EAST.
A RUSSIAN BARRIER TO INDIAN TRADE. A STRATEGIC RAILWAY. ASSISTANCE FOR THE LOYAL AFGHANS. i UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I (Received August 20, 11.10 a.m.) St. Petersburg, 19th August. Tho Russian Government is arranging a Customs union with Bokhara, including tho oreetion of Customs barriers in Amu-Daria, thus severing India's trado and connections in Central Asia. (Receivod August 20, 11.15 a.m.) St. Petersburg, 19th August. Russia has decided to construct a railway from Samarcand to Tashkend, to bo completed in three years. Calcutta, 19th August. Threo hundred infantry and cavalry, with two guns, havo been despatched to Jhandol, to ro-assuro the nativo tribosmon ngainst tho raid of Afghan rebols.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 44, 20 August 1892, Page 2
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113THE WAR-CLOUD IN THE EAST. Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 44, 20 August 1892, Page 2
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