| Show FOREIGN NEWS Russia Actively Preparing for Any Emergency The English Garrison at Kas sala Reportod to be Massacred The Canadian Fisheries to be Protected Against Americans Amer-icans I j Russsian Preparations I TEHERAN March 15A letter from Aakabad dated Feb 24th says Communications Com-munications between strangers and people peo-ple in the outside Avorld are closely supervised super-vised Troops and stores are going forward for-ward daily en route to Men Soldier are previously blessed by the priests I who tell them to fight valiantly against the Czars enemies Civilians and military mi r tar men openly discuss the likelihood of I a declaration of war against England I 1 There is great excitement here I is stated that 16000 troops have been ordered to Merv The railway from Kizil Anat to Merv is being finished fin-ished with the utmost rapidity Great I difficulty is experienced in in inducing I workmen to go to Merv as they fear I befng killed by the British or Afghans j A letter from Sarakhs dated March 2d states that five battalions of Russian infantry in-fantry and three batteries of artillery are eu route from Bokhara to Mervand that a small party of Cossacks recently attempted at-tempted to traverse the Zalfikar defile but were prevented by ihe forces I is reported that Sir Peter Lumsden I has arrived at Herat and that the Afghans I Af-ghans are actively fortifying the city Small bodies of Russians hold the wells and roads betAAeen the Sarakhs and Murghab river and there are several hundred Cossacks near PulIkhatnn the most southerly point nearest Herat occupied by the Russians The Russian forces occupying Merv consist con-sist of a battalion of infantry a regiment of dragoons and some Cossacks At Askabad are about 8000 troops of all arms One Russian brigade avd convoy I of military stores are en route from Calm cassus to Askabod The Afghans her believe an offensive and defensive alliance betAAeen England and Turkey would have the effect of alienating the Turcomans from Russian authority |
