The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-03
FOREIGN NOTES.


vanity Far takes gloomy view OF the outlook
for our mother country II says; "Tne people of
England have terrible awakening before them; and
it will not he long now before II comes. They will
hnd tsat the whole OF the Great Powers OF Europe
are leagued against this country, that the European
concert Is turned INTO An instrument for the hum
bling Of England and the plnndcr of her possessions
that she has mol an ally m the world, and that her
own strength has departed from her."
Exaggerated notions exist OF the time 1t takes to
communicate with persons at the scene OF operations
In northeastern Afghanistan. There Ia a elegraphlc
cable from London TO Meshed in Persia, where Mir.
Conde stephen of the British Foreign once is sta
toned; from thence to where Sir Peter lumsdcn IL
now is 1850 miles, which can be trayersed by relays
In fifteen hours. London is thus within twenty-four
hours of sir Peter lumsden's party. From st.
Petersburg to Merv there is telegraph via Sarakhs
-Mery Is only li0 miles from Gen. KomaroGs posi-
ton; so that the Russian government moy be said
TO I've IN daily communication with komarO1.
Much OF the mystery about what goes on at the front
is due TO the retcence OF the governments. he
Russians don't want to let the English Know how
rapidly they are moving on Hera, and the English
Foreign once are afraid 10 let the British public
| know what advances the Russians are making.
The c6ar Alexander is said 10 be very susceptible
| to iattery. They tell him that he is destined by
history TO stand in the places once occupied by the
rulers of Europe and Asia. Herat is believed to
have been founded by Alexander the Great. Timour,
the great Khan of the Tartars, from his throne in
ssmarSaad, i ruled more than hali me wora the I
the Turcomans, now the subjects OF the Car. and
his tomb Is In khorassan near the Russian frontier.
Since 1865 Samarcand has belonged to Russia. As tu
| Hera and Northern Khorassan, the Russian cour-
| tiers say, they are at the Cars command. The
must beat the great Tartar the great Greek, and the
| great Arab. However, the Cars coronation at
samarcand will be postponed until the diplomats
and generals of Russia have beaten those OF Eng
| land.
| correspondent al Berlin, writing on the l4th in
| slant TO vanity Fdir, says:"I have no doubt the
| coming campaign was discussed as possible con-
tngency at skienvlce, anu certainly not discouraged
by Bismarck. It sickens me to read all the trash in
the English papers about an Anglo German entente
England, His game is to involve her in war; and u
she is defeated 10 seize the Netherlands. That will
not improbably, come to pass sooner than the un'
wary Englishman expects. France should have
been our ally, but unfortunately the French have
rapt press The H Italian Soyernneni @ isniormet n
as to what had taken place at the meeting Of tht
three Emperors clung until lately to the nreposterou
| established. Italians here have repeatedly advo
| Gated that hybrid arrangement. II Will be grea
J one of the least competent dlplomatists you have
J \ and you know what that implies The right man TO
Turkey is Sir William White, the ablest orienta
politician you have"
An Englishman writes from Germany: "I hay
, just arrived from Cobentz. Perhaps some of you
readers might like TO hear something about the dali
routine Off German soldier in times of proioun
peace. He gets up when not having been on sentr
duty the whole of the preceding night) at o'cloc
in the morning. At he receives a sort of concoc
tlOn that would he repudtatel in any English bar
rack-room with the utmost scorn, and then the wor
l begins. Observation-Disclosures imaginable Sol
anu 1hs hs can can S ne dha hsn
so-caled dinner, for which half an hour Is allowed
aud lectures and classes the results of which are a
L | tested by examinations at which woe betide hil
should he fan to render satisfactory account OF tn
i attention paid. No leave, or any distinction wha,
. soever is permitted and nearly the same amount
/ professional
: from the officers as well. While commenting upo
the daily duty of German private, it is as well
= notice the attention paid to education. Not Ge
a | man soldier exists that cannot read and write h
own language fuently, and one and all are CAREFUL
o less can fight. The German soldier not only fight
l. but he knows what he is lighting for, where he
and to certain extent the aim and object of ever
manGnvre he is engaged in. Can we say as muC
IS or half as much for our men, brave as they are
IS fear not.'
d The Saturday Repte,r discusses with keen intel
e gence the chances Of war between Russia al
England, and concludes that the former would be
l. to come out second best. Admitting uhis was Apl
d lsl that there is much danger that Herat could
e carried by coup de main, though there Ia still tim
m and just time to prevent it, it says: "The famo
III invaslon-of-1nda plan by no means depends upon
OF single incursIon from the Herat quarter 10 car
IN Balkh Cabul and the Khyber and through Chit
,u on nCashmere-operationso of enormous magnitude I
which it is pretty certain that Russia is not read
he ing out of which would certainly tax the whole
ay sources of her Empire. Indeed is probable that
~, the present moment the chief Russian desire Is
ne make good the first step of the Herat line rath
lis tnan to proceed upon that llnc" The Rere,r thin
X few annoying casualties on the sea might be G
X pected, but that with the abundance OF fast cruis
10 possessed and being acquired by England ait ous
not to take long to capture or hem In the whole X,
u sian Meet that is at large" With regard to
'e- offensive power of England the ReUeD thir
it. the Sultan will be made friendly, and hatwthe
oh Of 1876 shows how utterly hopeless the Car wOl
oo find 1t to meet England and Turkey combined, moi
ef, mention that fresh move westwards would ass
an edy provoke Austria and consequently German
ch 1t thinks an intnity OF harm could be done by FL
nv land In the Black Sea- and that the island of Sag
ny lien and the much.prlzed Pacific SeabOard Of Rus
vs. would be wrested from her. The repeated spol
an ton OF Turkey, China, and Persia wonld, 1t hol
of bring them all to the side OF England II they fOu
lat ..the tmrnnv NJ The three worms nm which RVS
an has so long trodden Is at least probable I
ith Indian muiny which Is the one danger Of anyth
mo ike similar kind expected by alarmsis from
80 80 between England alone and Russia alone"