Daily Republican., 1885-04-30
The Crisis at Hand.
|ACTIVE PREPARATIONS.

ACTIVE PREPARATIONS.
LONDON, April 29.-Ths Gear has
sent an uitimHtum to Great Britian, 40.
cording TO o st. Petersburg dispatch,
demanding that the latter shall accept
Russ Ia n proposed boundary line be.
tween Turkestan and AfRhanistan. II
Great lBritian refuses TO accept this
boundary Russia will proceed to occupy
Herat.
In the House of Commons to-day
Lord Edmund Fitzmauriee, Under
Foreign Secretary, read telegram
from Sir Peter Lumsden, dated ct
Tirpul, April %. This telegram mon
tions that the Governer of Merat J al
received q report that the Russian
troops had advanced upon Neruchak.
Lord Edmund also said that General
Lumsden himself, in q telegram OF the
date Of April 25, incidentally speaks Of
the recent occupation of Meruchak by
the Russians. It was during the meet
ing at Rawal Pindi that the Ameer
told Earl Dufferin that though he re-
garded the occupation Of Rspjdeh as of
little consequence, yet he attached the
greatest importance to the rstention OF
Meruchak, which Is half way between
Pepjdeh and Bala Murghab. Once tho
Russians gain that point they will ba
able TO threaten Balkh and cut off COM
lmunication with Cabul. The latest
Russian advance Ia expected to bring
the question to crisis. .a r-rr
The Russian advance south OF Penjdeh
, and occupation of MeruohAk are regard.
cd In Parliamentary circles as dispell-
ing the last hopes Of peace and as the pre-
cursor ofa Russian attack apon HeYat.
1t Is reported that the Khan of Box
hara earnestly warned the Ameer not
to neglect Cabul and BAlkh while tax.
ing steps to protect Herat, ~ the Rus
sian army was massing IN Turkestan,
near 6amarcand, with the intention Of 4
marching on Balkh and proclaiming
Ayoub Khan Ameer while the Afghan >
army was engaged ut HeSat. His letter.
for certain that the Russians intend not
to march beyond Herat, but will cut
Qff IF. yoegE oe.l lipa 2f retKsS&. te JGa6Ql. .anA
RUSSIA TFRe ENEME OF AFGHANXs--
TAN.
4 Reveal Pindi letter states that tho
Ameer OF Afghaniston regards the Rus
slams as enemies anxious TO seize Herats
the whde of Afghan. .Turkestan and
Badakslsed and therefore looked 10 En-.
gland, apparently in all sincerity TO aid
him in repelling Russia.
| The Russian reserves are mob.lizing.
AL business transactions now being
enterad into in Odessa are undertaken
sIlbjsc to heavy war risks. The Rus
lsian Government has ordered tie South.
western Railway to prepare several
hundred railway carriages and have
than ready at as early a moment as
? passible.
The Times, in a review of the recent
/. psst actions Of Russia, ssys that the
spirit thus revealed leaves little hope
: I that England's last overturss will re-
oeive o satisfactory reply. A refusal TO
diplomatic rupture, which is but little
fremoved from actual war.
EQuIP9LNG THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
i6fSv he%aHvtSs %HtsrshInisha7 guns have been sent from da
, orders for he equipment of the whole
Russian fleet. The Russian Minister Of
Marine has completed an inspection Of
all the forts at Cronstadt. Orders have
been given to hasten the completion or
o tue military hospitals being erected
t between Tihis and Baku. Supplies
{ are reaching General Sir Peter Lums-
den slowly and in small quantities.
q The speech of Mr.. Gladstone in the
, House of Commons on Monday upon
: the vote of credit Of $50, 900. 000 was
! received with profound interest
? throughout Rassis, and was published
Q in full by all the newspapsrs. 1t has
{ dispelled any idea that may have been
q entertained heretofore that England
l will make concessions to Russia.
t Two fpIns at Cowes are working
Q night and day on forty torpedo boats
:. ordered by the British government.
a Tho Admiralty has notified ell the
9 officers and men as all Coast Guard
o stations to be in readiness to Join their
@ ships at a moments notice.
l. TURKEYS ArT4cUDE IN THE EVENT
It orwAR.
a 4 Constartlnopls dispatch says
= All the powers have, through their rep
,, maintain state Of seataral,ty tyu1IEHey e
:, event OF war between England and
m Russia.
u Nj. Nelidoff, tho Russian Am AMBASSADOR
Il has had u special audience with thu
Il Sultan. In this the Russian Statesman
~ insisted that it was absolutely neces
isary for the Porte to maintain stric
neutrality in case of an Anglo. Russian
war. German officers are at presen
h. engaged in inspecting the forts alonf
n the Dardanellos. The Porte is rapid.
erao,...ing fresh defensive works ." "
lBosphorus: The su't"" =.
-, 'beights &c .---.-. nas ordered th
ed - rnera2ia to be fortified
Turkish agents have been sent abroa
8 TO purchase torpedo boats on the su
tan's account.
IT,. Advices from Trpul of April 2S "a,
At an interview March IS the Russia
lie. commander informed CAPTAIN va
that the fact mat General Komaro
nfiirtned that Pull Khisti was Russia
!, territoiy ought to be sufficient, Ca,
ny tain Yate pointed cut what he terme
tai, the absurdity Of the pretension, Il
~ Afghars being already in possessio
ofthe piauce. Before tho battle the Ru
'rs SLAMS dated their letters Pull -Khist
en- The Novoe Vremya, of st. Peter,
burg, acting, it is believed, under iu
perial inspiration, has attracted after
~, tion by publishing an article with til
Meu M star ting headline, " On the Eve {
" War" This article declares that " Ru
,us De sia, In the event Of war, will settle ma
,rs ters with England in India and not i
~ ~, Afghanistan alone"
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