CABLE NEWS.
ENGLISH AND FOBEIGN. SPECIAL TO~THE GLOBE. Bombay, January 11. General Roberts attacked the Afghan irregulars, killing and wounding 500 and capuring many prisoners. THE TERMS OF PEACE WITH AFGHANISTAN. SHERB ALI AND RUSSIA. THE RUSSIAN BUDGET. [ebtjtbe’s telegrams to the peess] AGBNOY. London, January 13. The “ Times” says it has reason to believe that Yakoob Khan has been officially informed that the conditions of peace which will be offered to him are such as he can honorably accept. The Midland Institute at Birmingham, containing the largest Shakespere library in the world has been totally destroyed by fire. Bombay, January 11. It is semi-officially stated that Shere Ali is now in Turkestan, and that he will receive the sympathy and hospitality of Russia, but that the idea of Russia’s mediation on his behalf is illusive. St. Fetebsbtteg, January 12. The Russian Budget for 1879 is published. In the estimates it is proposed to equalise the revenue and expenditure by increased taxation. Constantinople, January 12. The programme of the Grand Yizier proposes a reduction of the army to a minimum, and the decentralisation of the provinces.
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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1532, 15 January 1879, Page 2
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186CABLE NEWS. Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1532, 15 January 1879, Page 2
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