The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-08
CLEAR CASE OF WFISH
England Advances Backward With
Systematic Regularity.
GLADSTONE S NEW PENJDEH TALE
He Turns a Complete Flip-hap on His
Former Statement.
AND FULLY ExoNERATES RUSSIA
The Reports OF Lumsden, uuGferln, Yates,
ct M Were Fearf&lly Favlty--Lit-
tie Need for IL pn,arog Arbi-
tratlon - 4hc Press.
AND FULLY ExoNERATEs RUSSIA
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
AnglO-Russian. A
PUBLIC OPINION.

PUBLIC OPINION.
LONDON, May THE opinion is gain
ng ground both here and in Europe
that tho governments Arrangement is,
IN word q complete surrender to Rus
sia OF ali points sho has demanded,
though the more moderate of the CON
servatives condemn Lord Randolph
Churchill's endeavors to oppose the war
credit. The probability Of defeat for
the government is tslkoe Of in many
quarters,
THE MORNING POST
agrees with Lord ChucEill about the
urgent need OF oustiug tho ministry,
and says: "Eight htindepeud3nt members
might have turned Gladstone's
majority OF IA into o minority.
After the terrible events of the past
week, will they be forthcoming?
TuE STANDARD.
The Standard says: "rhe dignity and
power OF Russia aud England wore em-
bodied in Gen. Komeruff and Sir Peter
Lumsden, and that NJ. dc Giors will take
care that Russian prestige, In the per.
son Of Komaroh, snail uOJ be dimmed,
while the English ministry has already
decided that England prestige is to be-
{ eXtinguished." "a further misfortune" ."
says the Standard, 'is that We are by
no means assured that even for the
hour tho necessity of using iorce, has
passed away"
An uncOnirmed rumOr Is current that
Indian departments have been ordered
TO cease their war preparations. II is re-
ported that Gen. Xelonoi viii go either
TO ST. Petersburg or 10 Loudon TO assist
In the delimitatiOn of the frontier.
FITZMAURICE EXPLAINS.
Lord Edmund FiiZmaurice, under
foreign secretary, replying this after
noon in the house of commons 20 right
Hon. Edward Gibson, conservative
member from Dublin University, stated
that Gen. Ridgeway. with Capt.. Yates
and others, would remGin IN charge of
the Afghan boundary odmmjssion, now
chat Sir Peter Lumsden IS coming 60
London. Tho instructions sent
70 Sir Peter" Lord Edmund
continued, "do not cancel his
appointment. He has not been sum-
moued TO London to advise the gov
ernmenJ about the frontier. The bOun-
Diary commissions escort will remain
with Cen. Rldgoway, who win carry on
tho work OF the commission on the spot.
ABOUT ADVANTAGES"
Earl Granville, IN tho House of Lords
this afternoon, replying to q motion by
the opposition for a production by the
government of tho papers In the Russian
controversy, used the following Ian
guage;
''l do not believe that II England was
going 20 urge war against Russia wo
should wage sit ~ a disadvantage ana
with every advantage In favor OF Rus
sia."
Lord Granville denied that the gov
ernmonps military policy had boon a
constant failure, aud denied also that
Russia would 20 TO Herat.
The motion for tho production of the
papers was then withdrawn.
GLADSTONE CRAwFIsHEs,
Mr. Gladstone, replying TO questions
Ia the house Of commons this afternoon,
said that although on the receipt Of the
hfsb telegram he had described
the Penjdeh affair as an act of
unpr0Yoked aggression, ho had never
presumed that the information in his
possession when no mado that declara
ton was unqucstionable. A a matter
of TACT, within II hours afterwards, news
containing impoytant qualifications OF
the first received had uOme TO hand
Mr. Gladstone had no doubt, he said that
when the Earl OF Duilern, Vicuroy in
llula at Lahore, after his return from
the conference, with the Rneer, Mt
kANal Pindi, described tho Russian
althck aa an act OF uupro-
voSed aggression, without any qualifi-
cations, tho yiceroy's statement was
warranted by the circumstances under
WmHh no spoke and the knowledge I'm
ms possession, but Russin had since de-
nlod that Cot. AhkhanOn mad ordered
the TurkOmans under his command TO
make any attack. The report that Col.
Alkhnnon had issued such an order
was made to England by Capt. Yates
ana MS party, who belonged to Sir
feter lumsdons boundary commission,
ana who wore in PonJdeh during the
battlei but 1t had been ascsrtained since
that That neither Capt. Yates nor any
ol ms party were aware OF any other
foundation for that report than that
ol ruiEor' CONTINUING, Mr.. Gladstone
salu Lord Dutlnrin had arranged with
Abdurrahman Khan, the Ameer of
AiBhanislan, the basis noon which the
British government had so far prooeed-
ed IN the. frontier affair aud Il further
communications with the aineer upon
the subject should become necessary
they would be made.
helng asked II Lord Dutierin, as Vice.
roy oi lhdi0, approved Of the govern
menus course toward Russia in the
Alehan dispute, Gladstone refus d Ia
say whether he did or not.
~ sohT OF a DEADLOCK,
lhe conference bstwnen Earl Gram
Vlllo and Baron do Staal, arranged to
DO helu to-day Ht the foreign Cflice. for
tne purpose OF formally opening tho
discussion on the delnmitaiion oi tho
hussD- Afghan boundary, was postpbned,
as Baron dc Staal is awaiting n
9ommunic dion on the subject from St.
hetersburs. Negotiations continue on
me demand OF Earl Granville that Rus
sias assurances that her troops will
aeVnhoe TO Herat snail take
sno l9fm or n treaty. IL is
fepur'.u lhat NJ do Giers maintains
such intention il q snfIiclev,
pledge. Gen. Zeolonol has been reesilsd
irom llllis 70 So. Petersburg To assist I'M
Tue delimitation inquiry, III. de Ciprs
mas instructed Gen. komarofi To pro.
pere detailed report with charts, OF
the advance on Ponidoh ss 4
OASIS Tor reference 20 m arbitration
i4hAN ANARCHY PRoPuEsIEp.
me ~ publique Franc lise, comment.
ins on the special advices roaa, ding the
htete oi AighanlstHn, predicts that IN
Alghans, aggravated by The heavy taxa
uon LEVIED, viii rebel, aud that nnarcb,
VIII reign In Horat, thus giving theRns
slanh an opportunity 20 interyiew .or
tno protoXl OF establishing order In m,
name OF the ameer. Tho present penoe
ule NepuOuquo thinks, is only truce
80 HAS DUFF SHIN RFsftNEp.
Inc morning Post Rhsolta that Ear
"utIerin has resigned as Yiceroy o