The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-30
Anglo Russian War Alarm Rapidly Dying
Out General Advance OF the
British on Tamai.
Oxford Wins the University Boat
Race-Eanlon Defeated at
Sydney-War Prepar-
ations.
A~sGL0.RUssIAS AFFAIRS.
The Russian Organ at Brussels on the sit
uation In Russia.

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upon The present state OF the Afghan dispute. in
the course of which IL says: The people of Rus
STA regard the whole quarrel with sang froid. and
with no trace of irritation. This is owing to their
conviction Of the absurdity of the idea OF any
war between Russia and Englandi resulting from
the Afghan lmbroglfo, and the impossi-
oi:liy on their part Of rsgs,dIng
heiDg made by England in India" The Sord
follows up this editorial utterance by printing q
letter dated 81. Petersburg. March p, In which the
The rrefeut RnssIan milifary movement Is moth
ing but precautionary measures dictated by the
most elementary principles OF National pru-
dence."
A General Review of England's situation.
LONDON. March 2S.-There Is a marked lull in
the war scare. In fact. among the very sober
minded there is no war scare at al. Some OF the
most fiery jingos even are beginning to ask them.
selves what grounds they have had for causing all
the alarm OF the past week. The first announce
ment of the Queen 8 summons calling out the
army reserves and militia almost created q panic.
II aroused the national pugnscitY thoroughly. 1t
made every fighting Englishman ready to fight
right away. The pugnacity is still up but there
Is a growing belief that 1t is up for
nothing The blood thirst is being Stacked
with the coolest kind of water. After putting ev-
erybody in s fever-heat OF excitement by spring
ing without notice a call for the reserves. the
ministry are now apparently attempting TO minu-
mize ond impart to Der Msjasty's message Dy de-
III ~ tldtG MuGb uHOC o mllll duu e
serves would be accepted and put under arms.
Every effort was made to draw the Government
the ministry have allowed reports to be circulated
TO the edect that no greater number
then 2seOy men are no" wanted;
authority, and have been so peTsistently ciTcu.
lated and are now generally believed, and SO far.
pesersd out" twenty-five thousand men, lust
about enough 10 I'LL the vacancies In the muster
rolls caused 10y the recent drais for Egyptian and
Me6ltf Trancfn STQ1Ong. rome nnnnfp think rhnFn
never wEs any danger OF an actual conflict with
Russia. and the Government is even trying TO OBJ
~lntimidated Russia BY act, which was admitted 10
be enormously nsgnlfed IN popular conception,
but which was really q matter of course,
End practically Insignificant. Gladstone has re.
piled 10 the moss pressing requests for iniOrma-
lion as To The true import OF the Queens sum
mons by saying the G~overnmcnt had decided 10
postpone al statements uPon that subject until
after Easter. This reply Was accompanied by H
statement that the Government hoped 1t would
be able during the Interval 10 reach some ar
rance melis With Russia.
Taken either as ststesrianship or humbug. the
Prem3er's evasion must be considered a clever
piece OF work Of its kind.
Lists OF fall the men available for slrvice in the
army reserves and militia have been called for.
D0ckyaFd departments have been officially noti-
fed 10 hold themselves IN readiness Tor the sup.
ply OF extra stores for military and service. The
Army and Navy Gazette blaneg minor news agen-
cies Tor fomenting war rumOrs. II charges them
with having circulated "a about alleged huT-
Iied calling OF ships, in which the stories are
very often of ships sctually on duty At foreign
StatODs nave inquired as being ordered for outfit.
The military Rarrisons of Ireland viii be main.
tanned in tull strength, and IOay be increased
from the reserves. Agents Of Irish organizations
have approached the Russian Embassy in Paris
with offers of assistance in case s war occurs be-
ween Russia and England. These agents propose
to foment an uprising in Ireland while England Is
engaged in Afghanistan, and TO fit out priYateers
in America 10 prey upon British ommerce All
they ssk Is that Russia snail furnish the Irish
allies with the means 10 carry out their part of
the bargain, and they offer TO work as cheaply as
possible.
The overtures to Turkey for an alliance
with Russia are still under con-
sideratiOn. Diplomatic advices from Athens
snd Constantinople concur in corroborating
the truth Of the report that secret negotiations
Greece and Russis for a new territorial arrange
ment with Turkey. Under this, Russia is to OBJ
tain the annexation of East Roumelia to Bulgaria,
with an extension of the principality east 10
Roumeiia ana the lEgean Sea; Greece TO get that
part OF Macedonia, with the frontier line along the
Secos and Haleacton Rivers to the mouth Of the
latter. in the Gulf of SaloDica; Austria TO optain a
new frontier from the Plains of KOSSova to the
western side of the mouth OF Orvellos, along the
River StTymon 10 the 1Egean Sea; the center of
Austrian territory to be a part OF Sslonica.
Russia also asks to be accorded the right to &C.
cupy ports on the Black Sea az the entrance TO
these negotiations pending has increased the
chances in favor of a contamination % the Anglo
Turkish alliance.
The "peace-at any-price' members OF the Com
mons are circulating s petition to Gladstone urg-
ing him TO secure the submission of the Afghan
dispute to arbitration. The petition is not get
ting any names except OF extreme Radicals.