The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-05
The ALTERNATING Topic.

russia had agreed to renew negOtla
lions in London concerning the AT
CHAN frontier question, and that tn
m Getting of the delimitatlon commits
sion had been arranged in detail. Hi
lordship said that both England anC
Russia had agreed that the difficulties
which had arisen from the Penjdeh in
cident should be submitted to "a full
Investigation and reference to friendly
powers"
Lord Granville said that both govern
ments would facilitate the inquiry a.
much as possible. The Penjdeh district
will remain neutral territory during tbs
progress of negotiations. The Russian
government, continued Lord Granville
have stated their readiness to consider
the question of withdrawing theil
troops, should the decision of the AT.
CHAN boundary commission prove to be
against them. Any differences that
may arise regarding the Interpretation
OF passages in the dispatches of the two
| governments would be dealt with in a
manner consistent with the honor of
both countries. To other interrogations,
Lord Granville said the British gov
eminent had sanctioned the reissue
of the Bosphore Egyptien, without giving
any opinion as to the legality of the ac-
ton OF France having demanded the re-
opening of the Office of the paper and
punishment of the persons concerned in
the act of seizure and suppression
England caused legal inquiry to be
made into the matter and ascertaining
from this inquiry that the suppression
of the BOSphOre Egyptien was unwar-
ranted, England, without disclosing any
of her share of responsibility for the
act of seizure, advised Egypt to apollo
gize to France, and allow the BoSphOre
Egyptien to reappear.
Gladstone stated in the House of
Commons this afternoon, that no COM
munication had as yet passed between
Russia and England in regard to the
occupation of Port Hamilton, Ireland
In response to question, by Sir
Stafford Northcote, Gladstone said, all
impediments in the way of the friendly
prosecution of corresponds on the
Afghan question between England and
Russia appeared to be removed. The
two governments, he said, were now
ready to refer to the sovereign of some
friendly state, any difficulties which
may be found to exist in regard to the
agreement of the 10Th of March with the
view to settlement of the matter in a
mode consistent with the honor of both
sides. Continuing, Gladstone said, both
Russia and England were prepared to
resume forthwith, in London, commune
cations on the main points of the line
delimiting the Afghan frontier. but the
details of the line have to be examined
and traced on the spot in conformity
with the conditions formerly agreed up
on. Russia, said the PREMIER" has ex
pressed herself willing to agree to the
ron n a n
LONDON, May An the House of
Commons. referring to the subject of
communications in London between
England and Russia, Gladstone said they
would be much facilitated by the
more full and exact knowledge which
the government was now possessed of.
The Ameer's views since the meeting
between him and Earl Dufferin at
Rawa1 Pindi, and the valuable topo-
graphic information which had since
reached England.
The Right Honorable Sir Charles
Dixie, president of the local
government board, announced for
the government that it was imperative in
the interest of the country that the
House proceed at once with the vote of
the credit. A number of members at
once put interrogatories to the govern
ment concerning the trustworthiness
of the reports of both General Sir Peter
Lumsden and General Komaroff.
Gladstone answered III detail, stating,
in substance, that the dispute of the
Penideh incident had never been
a question of the trial of
any officer, but one which
ments involved in the March agree
nal IN ha 0f
party to this agreement that it would
be found sufficiently clear.
Lord Randolph Churchill, the young
conservative leader, now arose and
launched into a savage assault on the
government. The argument just made
on behalf of the government was ter
rible piece of news for those anxious for
the safety of the Indian Empire.
Government" cried out his lordship,
''have made base, cowardly surrender
of every point at issue to Russia. I
greatly fear that as a result we have lost
India" Lord Randolph, continuing,
said he protested against the conduct
OF the government in submitting the vote
Of credit on Monday last, without CIV
ing the slightest indication of their pol
icy and the exact point at issue with
Russia. The latter, he commended,
had been for long time
breaking the agreement of 1873 with
respect to Central Asia. In regard to
the Afgha1s Lord Churchill insisted
that the Russians long ago passed the
boundary which they had promised to
respect as the rightful frontier line of
the Ameer's dominion. In 1882, a
series of pledges were voluntarily given
by Russia concerning the boundary,
and all of them had been deliberately
broken.
Mr.. Henry Labouchere, Radical,
moved that the vote of credit be re-
duced from 100000 to $36, 100000.
The motion was rejected, by 70 to 30.
The majority included the Conserva-
tive leaders. Parnellites voted with the
minority.
The Speaker then put the main ques-
ton, the vote of credit of 55,000.000.
Several members questioned Gladstone,
but failed to elicit any further informa-
ton.
Sir Randolph Churchill said he feared
that when the news should become
known in India, England would lose all
the respect, sympathy and loyalty of
The natives. He declared that the his
tory of Russia's negotiations with Eng
land was a record of treachery, fraud
and falsehood. Remembering the action