The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-10
WHAT ooINe ON IN EUROPE

consist OF S0.UOO men, exclusive Of tne ROrrlhOns
OF Peshawur and other neighborng forts.
Adding 10 this the camp followers. always 30
numerous In India. the total OF the force" says
the London Ne,os. will be 30 large ae to tax
the resources OF tho commissariat to the
utmost" The same journal says;
Soldiers who have studied the question will nnd It
utterly impossible to explain why such an enormous
army should be massd in the Peshswur Valley. what
cavalry and one British infantry regiment the rest
"te can on sSres nSSS men s u a
compsh should be borne in mind also that the supe
much greater than was. in isi2 The superiority Of the
eccuve rockets and that we possess mountain train.
guns which can accompany Infantry anywhvsre which
the idea is to Impress the Ameer with strength the
SS s G a. s Ss al @9s
he has been made acquainted with our resources
Keeping in view the fact that cholera fire.
auenty works fearful havoc In the Peshawur
Valley at this time OF the year. even when there
lie no provocation for It in the shape Of over
providing what is not to be feared when a sud
den addition Of $4,000 men is made to the ordi-
nary garrlsons1
The strength OF the expeditlonary corps ap-
pears to have already given rise to considerable
discussion between Lord Lytton and Sir Neville
Chamberlain. The quarrel seems to be grow
ing hot, and, Of course. no good can come from
II. The policy Of trying 10 brighten Scheer Ali
into submission by the magnitude Of the mill
tary preparations against him. seems to be die
tated by the India office.
1t is. however. very difficult to obtain any
thing reliable in the way OF information from
these regions. For instance the London
Times correspondent informed his journal
that Gen. Stoleloff had loft Tashkent on the
22d Of September for Livadia. and had returned
on the 18th OF October. This leaves twelve days
I
rest and see the Emperor. The distance from
Tashkent to Livadia by the shortest route is
much over 1000 miles. across stoppes and
watcrless desert According to the much more
reliable information Of the Journal de 81.
| PiGsbOT0 the General arrived at Tashkent on
| Sept II. together with the Afghan Embassy.
| They had n series Of festivities for four or five
| days. after which the General started TO make
his report to the Gar. but nothing has yet been
heard OF his arrival. His post RS Ambassador
| in Afghanistan is temporarily filed by Col.
Razganow.
The General. II he has managed safely to
| cross the steppes. must have met Count Schou-
valon the Russian Ambassador to England who
according to the London kilograms. left Llradia
on Friday last on his way to London. and was
shipwrecked near odessa. He was accom-
panied by one OF the Cars youngest sons
Grand Duke Sergius. Both were rescued with
| out injury.
The visit Of Count Schouvaloff to the Car
must have had more objects than one. for be-
sides the discussion of the Afghanistan affairs.
| the question OF establishing new Ministry Of
| Police seems 10 have absorbed much OF the
Cars and the Counts time. The present am
bassador at the Court Of st. James's. having been
for years the head OF tho secret police. is con-
sidercd the highest Russian authority on the
1 A. a
audacity on the part OF the Nihilists seems to
have SO intmidated the Car that he does not
dare return TO St. Petersburg until a new and
all. embracing police organization has been set
| at work. OF course the attempts on the life OF
his uncle. the Emperor William. have increased
| his apprehensions.
| The old German Emperor shows more courage
than his nephew. He is advised TO go to Italy
| for the winter but refuses TO do so and wants to
| return 10 Berlin. The state OF his health is far
from being satisfactory. A correspondent OF
the London Truth writes;
when the wslltn9w9 fac, that Gsorse " was diving
that new reign would plunge them into an abyss an
monarch is dyns un,i tie fsi,le" are in bis throat and
then eyery92dy hasen' e desert him The present
vauon We hear everywhere Of hiss excellent health and
Se., eonsaos Is e.Se%s pf ws s%S" aha .ha'
ms spirits are wre'ehed IN he extreme; Putting aside
ishy scampsd in order 10 make an eject Tie I'm.
ssns n. a9 divine noons he looks o upon him
queruous re seninent To German nsrautide A. 70 the
crown rtines 5 Iffsney - as have before stated
OF government has no more voice than he had before
Prince Bismarck remains the actual ruler
though his position is little better than that OF
his nominal master
Lkehim he receives anonymous threatening letters Nv
eS H3e.ana ana ne !. 10 aI ihe mo, m
country The manner In which he has recently been
celor During the congress he bfsced himscf up lor
efforts put ne reaction has come AMI hi
who has Iona suffered from violent ncuragia which has
wine VERY me strong TOME yintase ia Specially I'm
required he Of tranauiv AZ ieas so far AZ freedom
from perpetual surNeilan goes and nothing can h,
sleep aassard ace, unsemly outoarsts Of a tempel
| the natural results
A perfect panic seems to have set in among
tho holders Of gas stock all over tho Unitec
Kingdom. Investors in this kind OF securities
are now busy performing the useless operation
Of shutting the stable door after the horse ha,
been stolen" Some OF the wisest OF them sole
out their stock the moment the electric light be
gan TO be seriously spoken or Those who die
not have now to cry over split milk. Three
more electric lighting companies. with al
aggregate capital OF over 81 900 600 have beel
| registered IN London In ono week - Ruin0,
and Distracted Gas Shareholder addresses t
the London World the following letter:
What trade be safe while this terrible gcntcma
mt Edison Is at large Time Is nying, and even now
having completed the ruin OF the gas companies he ma
bc turning his diabocal attention 10 his telephone
which at no distant date shall involve IN the
unlucky holders OF telegraph shares or he may be pei
iecung his miCroph0ne, which shall make all privacy
thng OF the past, and which, II rendered invisible
placed IN the council room or in Ministers pocket
tanned when Cabinet Ministers have been nca rola
tons who knows how long may count upon hAVin
one thought 10 ones self. ana whether some turtle
development oi this machine enable rcgtsc
our passing ideas well as slightest am
20 record the throbbings OF minute and lmpapAhe
thing a. the brain Of Fdhn with the same ease a.
now makes audible the tOOtstep ut nyf Armed wit
such weapons the malignant magician will have no ain
Guilty IN frustrating any designs against his safety furme
by helpless murtAs Everybody must the neccSsit
Tor prompt and decisive action therefore Meanwhile
am On 10 npcl court 10 sell my shares tor what they wi
fetch aud leave the question 20 how bell the cat
, Ia hc solved by wiser and cooler heads
Tho electric light exhibited In London an
Paris is ground out OF revolving magnet by
steam engine. and then distributed through
connecting wires TO lamps and candles. Tn
lamps used are Of various kinds. some Of thor
burning for twenty hours. But there is onl
one candlc-thc celebrated Jnbl ,chkoff candle