Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06
AFFAIRS ABROAD.
RUSSIt'S EFFORT To SECURE
TURKEYS INFLUENCE.
The Cashmere EarthQuakc-Hou
Of Commons Anarchists
III Switzerland.
l.rEcrAL DISPATCHES To TIE REooRp-rSIoy.I !

ESPECIAL plsPATuIEs To TIE REcoRp-UNoN.l
Counter Efforts to secure Turkeys In
huence.
New YoRr. June 5,h.-The S,a,'s Lon
don special says: The Tines and Nelcs to-
day give unusual prominence 10 the tele
gram from COnstanJinople, asserting that
Russia has rejected the Turkish proposals
for an alliance. Your correspondent has
official authority for contradiCtinE this as
sertion. II is not only false, but absurd,
for it IS Russia and not Turkey that has
been suing for an alliance, and II Is Turkey
and not Russia that has declined the pro-
posals. From the beginning 20 the end of
the Russian difficulty Russia has been
making strenuous efforts to secure a. least
the friendly neutrality of Turkey. IN the
event OF war the control of the Ddrda-
neles would give Turkey, if hostile to
Russia. power 10 bottle up the lattcr's fleet
in the Black Sea, to paraly2e her trade and
to put an embargo upon the greater portion
OF her mercantile marine. so serious was
| this danger deemed at st. Petersburg that
| VI. Nciidotf, one of the wiliest and most
persuasive Of Russian diplomats, was sent
many weeks ago to COnstantnople to
| tempt the Sultan with every brlbe that
! Russia could offer 20 conclude 4 treaty Civ
ing Russian war and merchant vessels the
| right Of way through the Dardanclies.
| Russian anxiety on this subject was 50 in
! tense that N Nelidof was empowered to
! offer. and did otlcr, the cancel
mert of the indemnity which Turkey
was ordered by the Berlin Congress cf
! 1878 TO pay to Russia in consequence Of
! the co-Russian war. The Russian
proposals, it is now known, also had the
! powerful support of Bismarck, and for
time it seemed rs though their success was
certain All this time England was max
ing counter proposals 10 the Sultan and
using the Soudan Us j bait. The bait was
offered on golden hook, for it was under
stood that if Turkish troops were sent to
garrison Suallim and other points in the
Soudan, their expenses would be paid by
ENGLAND, either directly or BY taking up =
new Turkish loan. which amounts 10 very
much the same thing. The Porte wavered
for a long time The receipt in full for the
indemnify TO Russia had 4 very tempting
look. bur then that de0t had been So long
} overdue that it had ceased TO trouble the
conscience of the Sultan, and on the other
, hand England offered him the accession OF
territory, the rehabilitation OF his power IN
the ewes OF the Moslem world, and above
all. the ready cash. IN the end British in
fuence ard British gold won the day, and
the proposals of Lord Granville were ac'
captcd lust one week ago, These facts have
, not vet been officially announced, for the
reason that Parliament was not in session
2 when the bargain was concluded. Iht
: House OF Commons reassembled yesterday
G hut its session was one of the dullest or
/ record More than half the members were
on EPSON Downs watching the races
Gladstone looked poorly and spoke witt
I difficulty, not having fully recovered from
o the influenza and hoarseness which hay
a afflicted him during the recess. lie wa
: also affected, US was everybody else in Lon
! don. by the weather, the thermometer hav
ing risen to go.
English Ropse of Commons.
< IosDoS. June 5th.-Childers. ChancellC
j Of the Exchequer, announced in the Hons
of Commons this afternoon that the extT
duty on spirits had been fixed at shillin
per GALLON. This was reduction, he sale
which would involve loss in the publ
, revenue Of $150000 per annum. The add
- tinnal DUTY ON beer. he said. would be It
tanned until May 13, 1856, and no otht
changes in the budget would be made.
le The Marquis Of Harrington, War Nil
'e ister. in answer to inquiries, said that II
Government hoped itWould be unnecessaI
IL 10 tet2ln the TuGiC5 az @AASAl+4IbAt- III ~
to longer, bat that it was impossible at presel
TO fix date for their departure.
Gladstone stated that Russia and EngaI
m had come TO an agreement concerning u
4 | noints of difference between them whIC
of were TO be referred to arbitration. He al
hp stated that the Governments OF the tv
countries have likewise agreed upon art
tration, but as the person chosen to 9
l,a tu as arbitrator has not yet been formal
~ asked to accept, he was unable TO 5;
~ ANYTHING further on the subject now
81 English Cabinet Crisis.
Loypoy. June 5th.-The Cabinet tod
~ discussed the Irish Coercion Act for IL
a+t hours, but failed to reach an agreemel
- Earl Spencer in an interview with Ola
stone Yesterday, stated that an irreducat
minimum Of coercion he considered ind
~ pensible for governing Ireland.
RAJ showed bv his absence from the Coun
he1 to-day that he was determined Il
icy there should be no compromise. The II
lie ioritv OF the Cabinet support Earl Spenc
Gladstone, anxious that there shall be
hn disruption in the face of the general el
der ton, asked Chamberlain and Sir Char
ent Dixie to accede to Earl Spencers full
ow mans for one year. The Council was
fer. iourned until Tuesday. The excitement
Ministerial circles over the crisis is inter
oDs II is said that Sir Charles Dixie and Cha
ing berlain intend to resign,
ur- The Vale of Cashmere Earthquake.
the LONDON. June 5th.-An official dispa
The from Serinagur gives the number OF
ngs killed aud wounded by the earthqu
there Sunday and Monday last, as folio
we'd Killed, 81; wounded, 100. Official rep
lsh have not been received from other point
dav the Vale of Cashmere affected by the ea,
2 Of quake shock, and until they come 10 h
eve the full extent of the calamity cannot
telv known. Unofficial reports, however,
of such an alarming character as TO III
,aen it more than likely that the earthqu
ont will prove even more disastrous IN
- - effects than the first dispatches sta
tNa Whole cities and towns IN the Vale
,[,,t spoken OF as destroyed, and the absenC
@lent @ definite news is attributed TO the de1noli
This of the telegraph lines iii the general VI
l 141' and chaos. IN consequence of the ma
tude of the calamity, and the mum
tors killed, the wounded must be left to the
anu aginstion.
1sG The Cholera Situation.
anu tLa MADRID. June 5th-The Dia reports
s-n l--' discovery of three cases of suspected c
So era in Madrid, one of which was Fl
~ Three new cases of cholera were repC
in Valencia to-day.
.o PARIS, June 5th-Orders have been
| ~, no
has TO 10TH SUI 70. " .I aa ~
i. 10 onlclal Fepol'' Vi '44e ''4e'N VI 0'i04e
n of Spain.
ed it MADRID, June 5th.-The cholera
salt denlic is raging with increased Ylrulen
II lot Valencia and other towns IN the SC
and eastern provinces OF Spain. The peas
continue to chafe under the restrict
sdav imposed by the sanitary cordons, an
,bars their willful neglect of the precautions
have scribed by the authorities, they il
1araI and disseminate the disease. The r,
New that cholera has made its appearan'
r. n this city is denied by the Madrid Off
rthur put inns was also t1e ease at Falt
~ ment became impossible. Some ru
acife S,ont sonitarv ,aIls wb;cb have lately
lifor- 59ade and are r;g;dIv enforced