THE AFGHAN QUESTION.
RETIREMENT OP YANOFF. THE AMEER AND GENERAL ROBERTS. "" Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.— St. Petersburg, September 17. Yanoff has been instructed to retire to Ferghana, which lies to the north of Thian Shan and the Pamir Mountains, and is undisputably Russian territory. St. Petersburg, September 18. The Novoe Vremya, a semi-official journal, considers that the attitude adopted by the British Cabinet points to a friendly settlement of the Pamir question. Calcutta, September 16. Colonel YanofFs retirement to the Murghab is due to the approach of winter, and the difficulty of procuring supplies in the desolate region of Pamirs. Calcutta, September 17. The Ameer of Afghanistan has intimated that lie will gladly receive Lord Roberts at Jellalabad in October.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8987, 19 September 1892, Page 5
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