Show The Crisis Coming LONDON March 11The Cabinet met at noon an unusually early hour and at once attracted attention Reports quickly spread that a crisis was being considered The interest in the meeting soon became intense this was warranted by several incidents which preceded and I attended the council Immediately before be-fore the conference Colonel Maude Equerryinchief to the Queen called upon Gladstone and had along I a-long interview Among the rumors to which this gave rise was one to the effect that the Queen had been advised that the Indian situation was grave and required vigorous and decisive action and that she rather urgently insisted on the government doing something This and similar stories attracted a large crowd to Downing street and before the Cabinet had been long in session the Prime Ministers Min-isters official residence was surrounded sur-rounded by a large crowd Upto 3 oclock it was not publicly known what the ministers had done It is reported they decided to address a serious representation representa-tion to the Russian government that if through any Russian advance in Afghanistan I Afghan-istan a conflict results with the Ameers troops Russia must accept the consequence conse-quence as England is bound to guard the Afghan territory |