Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-08
European News.
AN HvnnR THAT HAY OvE8-
TMR0W BkITIsH DONNA
TION IN THE EAST.
EXCITEMENT IN LONDON.

EXCITEMENT IN LONDON.
LONDON, juno 6.--Ail questions Of
politics and homo sffsirs have been
suddenly collapsed by the startling re-
port, frst made public by the st.
Petorsburg Nov0stf, Of the assassination
OF ofAbdurrAhman, Ameer of Afghanis-
tan. By members Of his suite. Tho
report runs that the murder took place
in Persia, whore the Ameer WAS at the
time travelling, and that Ayoub Khan,
the deposed Ameer, will be his sue.
cossor.
Tho intensity Of the excitement here
can only be understood BY realizing the
dire conssq uenoes to England's empir0
in the East that such tragedy 1t such
Q crisis must produce. II Abdurrsh-
man 10 dead the wall Of India has fall
len. The diploAatic breastwork labor
iously built by ENGLAND daring tho
past six months vas 6imsy enough
structure as the best, but backed by the
sentiment Of Europe - to ths sacred-
ness Of treaties, ft might have long
restrained the Russian bear. The death
Of AbdurTahman would knock 1t over
like . house Of cArdA
No one doubts that Russia would
seize Herat aud peTAaps Cabul On the
plea that AfehanistaA was in . state of
anarchy. With the;neaTest Britishtyoopo
400 miles away, and tho Afghan army
honeycombed with Eassian sentiment
there isns material obstacle to her ad-
vance, and with the lapee Of all troatieR
made with AbdurrAbman all moral
obstacles would disappear. Before.
Europe could recover from Its surprise,
Ayonb Khan could be seated ON the
throne of Cabul, and bound hand and
foot with pledges. willingly enough
most obedient vassal Of Russia,
THE GOVERNMENT 3 ANXIETY.
The interest Ia intensi fed by SUE
pense. No one can.authoritatively deny
the report. Assassination 10 as much ..
part of Asiatic diplomacy % are cajol-
cry and bribery. At the same time it
cannot yet be definitely confirmed. Tho
Government 10 as ignorant ss tho
public, and more anxious. Cficial
dispatches have been flashed this after
noon In every direction asking for
confirmation or denial of the report.
from Bombay and Teheran stating
that the report had not reached those
points.
Tho British agent at Meshed has sent
special couriers post haste to Cabul to
inquire as to the truth of the rumor,
and their report may be the first that
can be deemed trustworthy. From st.
Petersburg Sir Bdward Thornton, the
British minister, telegraphs that the
report is current, but is apparently
based only on vague paragraph in q
second rate newspaper: This statement
has given the cue to the Government,
and the rumor is, for the present at
least, officially discredited.
During the Auesr's absence there
were persistent rumors, both in India
and in Russia, of rebellion being or
ganized ut Cabul. At the grand Dur.
bar at Rawul Pindi Lord Duffarin
Ialluded to these rumors and sought to
get tho Ameer's real opinion of their
truth. Abdurrahman smiled and ridi-
culed the reports, constituting to assure
the Viceroy of the fealty of the Afghan
chiefs first to their Ameer and secondly
to England. But the Durbar officials
noticed that the Amee1 soon afterward
sent some OF his most trusted adherents
back to Cabul.
Once persuaded Of the impossibility
OF buying the Amser, it is certain that
Russia would conspire for his overthrow.
1t Is also notorious that Russia has
been spending money }ayishly wherever
1t could be used to corrupt the Afghan
chieftains or to make them contributive
or blind to Russia's purposes. Alb
durrahman could crush any internal
| rebellion, however formidable, unless
it were backed by the active support
Of Russia, but murder is different
thing.
| LUMsDEN IN LONDON.
LONDON, june s.-Sir Peter Lums-
Il Il L. zt,H ~.
section OF the Afghan Boundary Com
mission, has arrived here. The plat.
form of the Charing Cross Railway
Station was crowded to welcome him
Lord Strathnairu, Lord Napier of Mag
iala, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Alferd
Paget, Sir Richard Cross, Sir Henry
Drum mond Wolf, Sir William Fart
Dyke, and others, warmly shook hands
with him. The reception amounted to,
an ovation.
| The outspoken denunciations ef the
4 conduct of the Government toward the
| British Afghan Boundary Commission,
reported to have been made by Sir
Peter Lumsden on his way home since
his recall, have induced the British
War Office to ask him whether the
newspaper interviews published are
accurate reports of what he has said.
Sir Peters answer to this interrora-
tory l6 awaited with interest. Yho
authorities in the War Office uAloubt-
edly sympathize with Sir Peter, but
the members of the Cabinet are ex-
aspsrated over his stinging criticisms Of
the Governments management Of the
Afghan dispute. and they demand that
he repudiate them or be pun ished by
some signal mark Of the displeasure of
4 the Government.
Sir Peter Lumsden's friends say he
meant every word attributed to hi n
in these interviews, and that he win
not repudiate . word. He believes,
his friends argue. that the Government
outraged the country and disgraced
the Afghan Boundary Commission,
and he will abandon his sfice rather
than retract any of his criticisms.
TERMS OF PEACE SETTLED.
i LONDON, June 6-The Pail Mall
Gazette says that 1t Is glad to be able
to state upon the highest authority
that the long standing question of diff
ference between England and Russia
concerning the Northwest Afghan
frontier has been finally and satisfae.