Show WARLIKE WORK Englands Last Demands Not Yet Answered An-swered by Russia Preparations on Both Sides for the Coming Struggle The European Press Regard the Contest Con-test as Inevitable Financial Advice From tHc Times LONDON April 10In an editorial on Russian finances the Times says Russia is living largely off capital under government govern-ment exactions which the people are becoming be-coming less able to pay Extension of Territory brings relief of the exchequer This condition of things must terminate in a smash English investors should be wise and not subscribe another sovereign sov-ereign to Russian loans A BETTER PEELING IN STOCKS I LONDON April 10There has been a better feeling on the stock exchange today to-day than was presented yesterday Stocks are quieter home and foreign funds dull consols for money and account which closed yesterday at 94 opened this I morning at 953 receded to 9Hf but recovered re-covered and are now 93J Russian securities se-curities of 1873 which closed yesterday at 1 are now quoted at 81 12 30 p mThe feeling on the stock exchange continues better Russian securities se-curities have risen to 83 A RUSSIAN JOURNALS OPINION ST PETERSBURG April 10Tue Journal Jour-nal of St Petersburg states that General KomarofPs return within his lines after driving off the Afghans indicates that the Russian attack was caused by the hostile action of the Afghans thus the affair assumes as-sumes less serious aspect and becomes merely a conflict difficult to avoid Considering Con-sidering the extremely strained condition of affairs and the proximity of the Russian Rus-sian and Afghan outposts the Journal expresses the hope that the conflict will not interfere with the negotiations now ih progress between England and Russia LONDON April 10 2 30 p m Consols are quoted at 9514 for both money and accounts LONDON April 10 330 p mConsols for both accounts now 95 1116 THE RUSSIAN WAR PARiYS UTTERANCES ST PETERSBURG April 10The morning morn-ing newspapers throughout Russian with very few exceptions commenting on the recent battle between the Russians and r u Afghans on the IVUSIIK river are very bellicose in their utterances and charge Earl Dufferin and Sir Peter Lumsden with provoking the war by advising the Afghans to advance on PuliKhisti which the British officials knew was par t of Russian territory The Afghans they say fully understood that PuliKhisti was Russian territory and would never have attempted to advance their pickets to that point unless strongly urged to do so by British officials The war party fully endorse the assertions of these newspapers and are very pugnacious over the affair ENGLANDS EGYPTIAN CONTINGENT ALEXANDRIA April 1OIt is reported here that the government has ordered the raising of an Egyptian army of 50000 I men RAISING SHIPPING INSURANCE GLASGOW April 10 Marine insurance I I companies are demanding 10s extra for insurance on ships bound for San Francisco Fran-cisco and 7s Gd for those bound to Calcutta THE CZAR WISHES PEACE PARIS April 10The Goulois publishes pub-lishes a telegram from Berlin which says Prince Bismarck has assured a banker that in spite of the incident of Pendjh the Czar hopes to preserve peace FAST VESSELS FOR RUSSIA LONDON April 10Consols 95 1116 for both Russian agents in London have visited the officers of a number of steamship companies and made heavy bids for the purchase of their fast going vessels Extraordinary Ex-traordinary offers for these steamers aroused the suspicions of officers of the companies who upon inquiry became convinced that if the vessels were sold they would be used by the Russian government gov-ernment for war purposes and so reported re-ported the facts to the British admiralty NO ANSWER YET Tf Tvns stated at the Foreign Office this morning that Russia baa not yet replied to the demand of England for a full explanation ex-planation respecting the Russian attack on the Afghans on ths Kushk river TIlE QUEEN WILL RETURN LONDON April 10It is reported that from the Queen will return immediately Aix Les Baines France In view of the crisis in the relations between England and Russh 11 000 from the army reserves called out and the whole militia will be The naval reserves will be used for home defense THE REPORTED BRITISH ULTIMATUM BOSTON April 10A private cable dispatch received in this city from London patch nlti that the English it is reported says hours in I is twentyfour Russia matum to which to recall General Komaroff or go to war RUSSIAS > EVASIVE REPLY LONDON April 10In the House of I Commons today Gladstone said that a received from Russia last night reply This stated was that Russia already had asked General Komaroff to explain his conduct in attacking the Afghans at Pendjeh OF GLADSTONES STATEMENT MORE LONDON April 10 Gladstone added in today that Russia had not the commons received General Komaroff explanation yet in regard to the question of the pres tion ent occupation of Pendjeh Mr Glad stated that he had been in communication stone this subject with Sir munication upon Ambassador Thornton British Edward Petersburg and that the latter had at St him that the Russians do not informed but have retired to the positions occupy Pendjeh they occupied before the battle with the Afghans FOR THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT I GUNS April 10Leading officials LONDON summoned to the War Office to have been the question of conference upon attend a material to India of war the dispatch Armstrongs gun manufac Sir William has received orders turing company for the immediate from the government field guns Em ninety of construction establishment ployes in this companys double time to fill are already working on government orders ALEXANDRIA April 10It is reported here that the British government has arranged ar-ranged in the event of war with Russia to have the troopsnow operating in the Soudan sent to Gallipdli at the entrance of the Sea of Marmora and have their places taken by Turkish soldiers |