THE AFGHAN QUESTION.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT. (REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.) Loudon, May 21. It is believed that the retention of the Guards for orders at Alexandria is in some way connected with the negotiations now in progress between England and Russia on the Afghan frontier question. It is understood that the New South Wales contingent will not proceed direct to Australia, but that the transport will call at Aden to receive any further orders that may be necessary. London, May 21. The Standard to-day, referring to the Afghan question, states that several new claims have been advanced by Russia to points in the disputed territory. lu the House of Commons to-day, the Marquis of Hartingtou, Secretary of State for the War Department, announced, in reply to a question, that Her Majesty’s Government did not deem it desirable at the present juncture to explain the reasons why the
Guards had been detained at Alexandria to await orders. Lord Hartington added that the massing of the troops recently employed in the Soudan, with a view to their being available for service elsewhere, was being continued. Bombay, May 23. General Sir Donald Stewart has arrived at Herat, and has met with a warm welcome from the Natives. The members of the Boundary Commission are now quartered in the hills to the north of Herat, and are occupied in surveying the surrounding districts. Alexandria, May 25. The detachment of Guards which came here from Suakim has not been landed yet, but remains on board the transport for the present, waiting orders. (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, May 21. The Standard states that Russia claims Geruk, a town about 110 miles from Penj-Deh, in a north-easterly direction. She also objects to England fortifying Herat, and requires that the Afghan frontier shall remain unfortified. The Ameer has sent a heavy battery of artillery to Herat. London, May 22. The Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State lor India, denies the statement that Russia had demanded to have an envoy at Cahul
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 691, 29 May 1885, Page 20
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