Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-25
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THB HAND OF BISMARCK Crops Out In Russia's
 Eastern Policy. THE OLD CHANCELLOR'S SCHEME. England In A Heap Of
 Anxiety.
 A RUNAWAY HORSES MAD LEAP. Terrible Injuries of the Carriage Occupants.
 THE OLD WORLD.
THE OLD WORLD.
Great Britain.

Russia in the East-Am Aggressive Policy l. that has Bismarck's Approval = The Scheme Causing England Much Anxiety LONDON, June 24.-England is as much annoyed as Austria is alarmed at Russia s consistently aggressive attitude in the East. She is encroaching inethe direction of the
 Slav districts of Northwestern Europe as
 well as toward British India. The last and
 probably the most important acquisition,
 from stragetical point of view, is that of
 Khelad-I-Nediri, which for all matters in
 which England has an interest is equivalent
 to 8 conquest. In this move, as we'll as in the move toward Armenia, which must suc-
 ceed unless the powers interfere, the Der
 lin correspondents for both the Paris and London papers see the well known hand of
 Bismarck. Some of them go so far as to as-
 sert bluntIy that during the tour of M. de
 Giers he and Prince Bismarck in private
 conversation came to full agreement that
 Germany's eyes should be closed to Russia's
 movements in the East, the consideration on
 the other side being Russian diplomatic blind
 ness to results which might grow out of the
 triple alliance. They regard the Czar as
 for the movement, having much the best of
 the bargain, since he has little interest in the
 alliance, which is practically in defense against
 England on the west, while she has every in-
 terest in getting closer to Afghanistan and is
 doing it steadily. The transfer by the Shah
 of Khelat is something with which the pow
 CTS cannot interfere since Persia gets an
 equivalent in territory in another direction,
 but for Russia it is an audacious advance
 which brings it much nearer to Afghahistan
 and gives to it what is of much greater value
 than the distance gained, the control of
 points of the highest strategioal importance.
 The new owner gains practical control of the
 Sarakhas and of the easiest road to Herat.
 One of Bismarck's troubles is that this movement, the massing of troops on the Black Sea border and on the Armenian
 frontier are in direct contradiction of the
 Czar's statement made officially in the pres
 ence of all the special envoys at the corona
 ton. It is also hinted in diplomatic circles that Bismarck regards it as rather a strained construction of his agreement with M. Del
 iiers. Englishmen too see Bismarek's hand in
 the probable failure of the Porte to carry out
 the scheme for administrative reform in Asia Minor. There was to have been thorough reorganization of the executive, but no Europeans have been appointed to any of the higher judicial offices and matters are left in the hands of the bribe-taking pashss as heretofore. Bis marck knew well enough how this would ag graYate England, how it would leave an open ing for Russia and afford the latter an ex- cuse Everything is here attributed to the Chancellor and his death would be 8 relief to English statesmen. It is an awkward state ment and unpleasant, but the feeling is 50 evident that it cannot be kept out of sight. When About Ahmed says ''Then England would of course hand back Cyprus to Tur- key" in answer to Lord Dufferin's warming that England would consider herself absolved from the obligations of the Anglo Turkish convention unless Turkey carried out her agreement as to reforms, that point ed and shrewed suggestion is at once attribu- ted to Bismarck. This policy, if it be Ger many's or not, is very likely to lead to serious troubles. How far England has foreseen this is shown by the fact that to-day for the first time the English peo- pie learn through the press that without their knowledge or consent the Russian ad- vance has been prepared and that all the mil 1 itary points along the Candahar line of ap proach have been strengthened both by for tiication and by an increase in the numbers of troops. Every effort is now making, so far as the weather will permit, to improve both the Bolan and Choteale routes as far as the Khojak Pass and the coming cold season | will witness the great augmentation of the British forces throughout the entire district.