RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN.
♦ (Per Electric Telegraph -Copyright.) (Renter's Agency.) (Received 1.15 p.m., May 12th.) London, May 11. In the House of Lords to-day Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced that a Conference had recently taken place between M. de Stael, the Russian Ambassador to England, M. Lessar, Russian Commissioner, Earl Kimberley, Secretary of State for India, and himself, and that the Conference resulted m an agreement on the Afghan Frontier Question, which was perfectly satisfactory both to England and Russia. Earl Granville added that Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India, concurred entirely m the arrangement that had been come to. (Special to the Press Association.) [Received 10.30 p.m., May 12th.1 London, May 12. The general impression is that the proposed arbitration m connection with the Rußso-Afghan difficulty will be dropped. It is considered probable that after the delimitation of the frontier line is settled, a convention will be held m Russia.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3315, 13 May 1885, Page 3
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153RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN. Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3315, 13 May 1885, Page 3
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