The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-14
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE ANGLO RUSSIAN war EX-
OITEMENT ABOUT FIzILED OUT
EVERYTHING SERENE.
Orders Commanding Movement
of Troops Toward the Seat
of Dispute.
Matters and Things In Central
Asia and Drift of Events
in Europe.
and Opinions Ex-
pressed In the English and
Russian Press.
ENGLAND.

: THE SITUATION
, LONDON. May 1.-THE opinion Is gainfn
: | ground both here and in Europe that the Gov
. ernment's arrangement is, IN aWor1, a CON
! mas demanded, though the more moderate O
the Conservatives condemn Lord Randolph
Ghurchtll's endeavors to oppose war credit
Inc probability OF defeat f.r the Govern
ment is talked of In many quarters.
The Morning Post agrees with Lord Church
i'll about the urgent need OF ousttng the Minis
have turned Gladstone's majority of fourteen
into minority; After the terrible events Of
the @bs past . week, will they be forthcoming?
embodied in General Komarofi
and Sir Peter Lnmsden, and that NJ. DeGiers
person of Komaroff shalt not be dimmed
| while the English Ministry has already de
cided that England is to be extinguished. A
| further misfortune, says the Standard, is that
we are by NO means assured th1t even for an
hour the necessity for using form has passed
| away.
| An unconfrmed rumot Is current that the
| Indian departments have been ordered to
cease their war preparations. 1t is reported
| General Zelenai will go either to St. Petersburg
| or to London to assist IN the del B ration Of
the frontier.
( sMfTE TIE 1EFoRMER.
| IO> DON, May 1.-The 1nf6rmef who testified
against the men who were hanged for the
assassination Of Lord Frederick Ca, endiSh
and and and under Secretary Burke, in Phoenix
! ecuti9n, been an exile from Ireland. and sup
posed to be living incOgnito somewhere in In
qua, qua, mas Just died In IGndO1. He had, for a
long time; been hopeless drunkard. and bis
death Was caused by iutemperaf1Ge.
BARON FITZGIRALD.
LONDON, May f.-Beron Fitzgerald the
Gl00e understands, Will be appointed Lord
Chancellor OF Ireland. The opinion mas pre-
vaied t. at this appointment would fail to John
Naish, the present irish Attorney-G General.
Baron Fitzgerald Is Liberal: has been Solici-
tor.General and Attorney General for Ireland,
and was appointed LORD Of Appeal in ordi-
nary in 1882, With p6erage for He.
LORD FIT2N0tRI6E.
LONDON; May Lord Edmund Fit1n0urice
under - foreign ore secretary ct replying this sftert
Honorable Edward Gibson, Conservative mem
Der for Dublin University, stated that General
Reigeway, with Capt. Yates and others, would
% boundary IL ccmmission caE ' inS now Affait that
Sir Peter Lumsden is coming to London:
THE instructions sept to Sir Peter" Lord
| ment. He has not been summoned to London
to advise the G6Yernmlent about the frontier.
| The Boundary Commissions, escort will re-
| main with Gen. Hidgev ay, WHO win carry on
| the work of the Commission on the ispot.
THE TIMES OPINION.
LONDON, May 9.-The Tim.s doubts the ex
| istence Of any documents or dispatches re-.
| specting the. Angle Ruasian agreement OF
| of arbitration. Referring to the report from
Vienna that Herat is not mentioned in the ne
ggotiaiions between England and Russia, the
fate of Rerat may be left 10 the capffee Of the
Ameer, the treaehery of the local Governor,
| or the success Of 2 pretender to the ministry,
either give place to others more foreseeing or
abstain from 3oasttng Of their money. prestige,
and half hearted measures, which deceive no.
I'D q nf nf a lto
LOOKS LIKE PEACE.
LONDON, May e.-At pIenary meeting of
| the Cabinet Council, held to-day, the Ad-
miralty was directed to cancel the orders
Issued to provide for the conveyance Of two
| steamers had be en- chartered for this purpose,
| and were ready to san.
THE ARBITRATION SCHEME
LONDON, May 9.-lhs arbitration scheme Is
! not making rapid progress toward consum-
| her agreement to submit the question in dis
pute to arbitration; yet 1t Is announced that
delay is likely to occur In preliminary, stages
of the affair hefore arbitration is possible. 1t
| is necessary for both cabinets to agree u!,on
| specific details, to be submitted to the arbi-
| traitor. This may take considerable time.
| RUSSIANS AND CHINESE.
| Lo>DoN, May s.-Adx1ces from Rashgar,
manned insergents invoked the assistance
| OF Russia to expel the Chinese. II return
Russia shall have the sovereignty over Ka+h-
| which would virtually proclaim hostility TO
China The Chinese garrison in Kashgar have
| taken refuge in the large towns and ask China
| to send trooDs to their relief
OBJECTS TO KELLEY.
| LONDON, May 6.-An Exchange telegraph
| dispatch from Vienna states that Baron Won
| Shoffer, Austrian Minister at Washington, has
| been instructed by his Government to object
| to the appointment of Kelley as United States
L RI fQ cI1fnn aad Kniln avis
| wife being Jewess Is the basis for the objec-
| tion, although nothing definite in regard 10
| this action of the Austrian Government is
| known.
LUMSDEN'S INVESTIGATION.
LONDON, May Ga dispatch from Simla TO
| the Reuters Telegraph Company says; 1t is
| stated that Sir Peter Lumsden has resigned
the position of British Afghan Boundary Com
| missioner, because OF his NAB ty to agree
with the policy of the home government.
RUsstAls TERMS.
| LONDON, May G-The Post concludes thai
Sir Peter Lumsden; finding his sdvt:e disre
Russia, has resigned the Lost. lie believes
Gladstone Is shrewed enough to see he will
only gain a brief respite by his self-abase-
ment.
The Posts Berlin correspondent learl:
| that Russia made 1t a condition of peace
that England shall not not occupy Port HAMILTON nj on
Afghan frontier to watch the movements o
the Russians. The Standard believes Col
| Yate will return to E gland to assist In pre-
fair to be submitted tn the arbitration of Rus
| sia and England. The conservatives intend Il
| press the Government to produce papers re
iating to the Russian agreement before the de
bate Monday ON vote of credit.
coNsoLs.
, LONDON, May 6, 800 P. M.-Conso 9S5s.
4P. M.-ConsOs 98A for both account.
l ENGLISH RACING
LONDON, May 6.-Second day of the New
| market fiji st spring meeting: the race for th
| 1900 guinea stake, for 3-year-olds. was w0
| by Paradox; GeardS bay colt, by Krisler out {
| Chapett. second; the Child OF the West trird
! There were seven starters.
DENMARK WILLING.
5 LONDON, May 6.-Denmark is willing to az
: as arbitrator of the dispute between Eng an
4 | and Russia, should her services be required
2 boz b those countries.
WHAT THE TIMES SAYS.
= LONDON, May 6.-The Times this mornir
q complains of the reticence of the Governm Il
q | in regard to the Afghan question. 1t severe
= 1 critlclses the action of the Government, in r
+ calling Sir Peter Lumsden. as the frcriti
4 | question will be all seitled before he can DC
a sibly arrive In London, and that, therefor
# any information he may have, viii be wort
q concerned The Times also says the chan
= of purpO OF the Ameer of Afghanistan h
placed the Government in different postiO
| that the tune has arrived to make him undt
tand he must strongly guard HerAt at lea
allow tI'e English to- SSu perintend the fOrt1f(
,e tion of the place. Even il peace IS temper
n rily secured. IL would be inadness to wa:
/. ii ie thus gained. which, at best, can be h
o. small.
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