Show The Afghan Question LONDON July 1G The Daily Telegraph says Negotiations between England and Russia regarding the Afghar frontier question have become serious Russia preferring new claims and refusing re-fusing to yield to Lord Salisbury whose tone although studiously friendly is firm line Standard in commenting upon the same subject declares that England will never condone a second edition ol the Penjdeh outrage PARIS July 16 Tlicje is a panic on the bourse today and a heavy fall has occurred in prices of most sequritif es owing to the reports that a crisis between be-tween Russia and England was imminent immi-nent It is said that Russia is negotiating negotiat-ing a war loan The absence of official news from Afghanistan is considered ominous The Tempt says that officers of the Russian army now on furlough have been ordered to their regiments atonce VIENNA uly 16TIJe Pulitischc Co respnndens publishes a semiofficial dispatch dis-patch from St Petersburg today on the Central Asia question which says Russia Rus-sia counts with certainty on the help of France in any contest which the Czar may have wIth England in Asia France the article declares will be compelled com-pelled to establish a protectorate over 1onquin and the English in India will then be between two fires and ther interest in-terest is to avoid any policy likely to lead to a FrancoRussian alliance This la a setoff to the increasing friendliness Between German and England The Standard in an editorial on the reported advance of Russian troops to Zulfiker Pass says Although more reassuring news was received late yesterday erday from Col Ridgeway chief of the intishAfghnn boundary commission news from other sources regarding the Russian movement i5 i of the gravest character The only redeeming feature of the intelligence from Afghanistan says the Standard was that the Afghans have attached themselves more firmly than ever to our side This mornings Telegraph in its article ticle on Afghan news says the objection of the Ameer of Afghanistan to Russias claim to a position practically commanding com-manding Zulfikar Pass is supported by Salisbury Lord Salisburys reluctance to consent to Russias offer to submit tile question in dispute to a joint commission com-mission is owing to his belief that such course would be resultless and would only delay a settlement of the matters The Time editorial says that all the powers with the exception of Russia have given their assent to the issue of Egyptian loans Russias silence the Times fays increase the apprehension in regard to the Afghan question |