Daily Republican., 1885-05-08
England & Russia.
A STRONG FEELING OF Resent.
MENT.PENJDEH OCCUPIED
By RUSSIAN TROOPS.
EARL DUFFERIN RESIGNS.

LONDON, May THE Morning Post
asserts that Earl Dufferin has resigned
his position AS Viceroy of India, in con-
sequence of the disastrous effect upon
British prestige in India Of Mr.. Glad
stones weak and timorous policy.
The Daily News says it Is able to
state that Earl Dufferin warmly ap-
proves the settlement that has been
made by England and Russia, as will
appear from papers about to be laid on
the table in Parliament.
The opinion is gaining ground here
and in Europe that the governments ar
rangement is, in q word, com plete sur
render to Russia Of all the points she
has demanded. Though the more mod
crate Of the Conservatives condemn
Lord Randolph Churchilrs endeavors
to oppose the war credit, the probability
of q defeat for the government is talked
of in many quarters. The Morning
Post agrees with Lord Churchill about
the urgent need Of ousting the Ministry
and says:
Eight Independent member might
have turned Gladstone's majority OF
fourteen into q minority. After the
terrible events of the past week will they
be forthcoming ?'' The Standard says
that the dignity and powers of Russia
and England were embodied in Gen.
Komaroff and Sir Peter Lumsden, and
that M. de Giers will take care that
Russian prestige in the person of Gene
raj Komaroff shall not be dimmed while
the English Ministry has alre ady decid-
ed that in the person of Lumsden the
prestige of England is to be extin.
gnished.
"a further misfortune" says the
STANDARD, " is that we are by NO
81,
the necessity of using force has passed.
GLADSTONE EXPLAINS AGAIN.
Mr.. Gladstone, replying 70 questions
in the House of Commons this AFTER
moon, said that although on receipt of
the first kilograms giving an account of
il he had described the Pepjdeh affair
an act of unprovOked aggression, still
he had never presumed that the facts in
his possession when he made that state
ment were unquestionable.
Continuing, Mr.. Gladstone said that
Lord Dufferin had arranged with Alb
, ldurrahman Khan, the Ameer of A fxhan-
istau, the basis upon which the British
: Government had so far proceeded in the
frontier affair, and IL further communi-
, cations with the Ameer upon the sub
, lject should become necessary they
would be made. Being asked if Lord
Dutferin, as Viceroy of India, approved
or the Governments course towards Rus
q sia in ths Afghan dispute, Mr.. Glad
stone refused TO say whether he did OF
!, mot.
M. Lessar, the Russian boundary COM
missioner, had conference with Ear
n Granville to-day with respect to the de
j. Limitation OF the Russo Afghan from.
e tier. An arbitrator has not yet been
Ichosen.
l. In the House of Lords this afternoon
q Earl Granville, in reply to morton for
tho production of all the correspondence
touching the dispute with Russia, said
: that such action would not be in the
Z public interest, and added: 81 do not
believe that If England were going to
? wage war against Russia we should
i. wage it at disadvantage and with
: Ievery advantage in favor of Russia"
Il Lord Granville also denied that the
0 governments military policy had been
l a constant failure or that Russia would
|. proceed to Herat.
The motion for production of the pa
pers was finally Withdrawn.
ii SIR PETERS RESIGNATION.
. Dispatches from India renew the
statement that Sir Peter Lumsden has
resigned his post as British Commits
sioner on the International Frontier
Co IL mission. 1t is reported here that
General Komaroff has instituted a
municipal administration under his
own supervision at Pull Khisti and
Pull. khutun.
Advices received at Teheran today
from Sarakin state that q small force
of Russians, with four gans, now
Occupies Penjdeh. The same advices
contain the statement that the Russians
have completely won over the Sarikh
Turcomans. The telegraph is now
Icomplete to point 12O miles beyond
Askabad. The Afghan troops along
the Bala Murghab, not having re-.
ceived any pay for long time, are
greatly demoralized.