Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-17
TELEGRAPHIC.
England.

England.
LONDON, April Is. 1l:30 A. M.-There is a
better feeling in the stock market this morn
ing. Consols opened at 95s, advanced to
)5a Foreign funds firm. Russian securi-
ties. $50.
l:30 p. M.--Consols have declined 10 95s,
J above Ito closing figures of last night.
Russian securities advanced to "a.
Military movements in Afghanistsn are
exceedingly difficult at present, on account
of the almost unprecedented severity OF the
weather. Incessant storms o. snow and hail
ON the mountains, and rain in tho valleys,
have swollen the rivers into foods which
are impossible BY any means of Transports
ton with which Gen. Lumsdcn's forces are
supplied. The weather is exceptionally cold,
and this fact tells more severely on the Brit
ish officers and Indian troops, who are from
the south, than upon the Russians, who
come from the north.
$3.50 p. M.--Consols 95a for both accounts.
Gladstone's apparent hesitation over the
kushk river affair has emboldened RussiS
and she is now taking her turn in demand
ing explanations and Withdrawals. The re-
port is confined to the tact that DoGierr
mad demanded an explanation Of the pres
-ence of Capt Yates and Gen. Lumsden at
the Kushk river battle and of the part be
is said to have taken in provoking that en-
gagement
Special dispatches from St. Petersburg
even assert that Russia has demanded the
recall OF Gen. Lumsden himself on the
ground of his pronunced sympathy with the
Afghans in their hostility towards Russia,
but the statement is doubtful.
The government is still wrsnglng with
Turkey over terms of the proposed Anglo
rurki-h alliance. Long interviews between
Lord Granville and Muserus Pashs, Turkish
minister, OF Hassan Fshmi Pasha, the sui
tan's special envoy are of daily occurrence.
The sultan Is coy and coQuetting with both
England and Russia He probably never
felt his importance in European politics 81
keenly ne ut this moment when Glsdstone,
who formerly described him NJ the unspeak-
able Turk, is bidding for his favor against
the Russians, who whipped him in 1877.
The Russians are making tempting over
tures 10 Turkey, batting the hook with
provinces on her northern boundary, the
possession Of which would tend to con-oli-
date and perpetuate the Turkish empire in
Europe. The solcitude of both England and
Russia for Turkeys friendship Is of course
CAUSED by the latter's control of the Oar
danelles, which command the entrance 70 the
Black Sen. There 10, however, this important
difference between the suitors for Turkey
favo-, England could force the straits and
Russia could not. No ordinary vessels Of
either navy could pass the Dsrdanelles cas-
ties and forts and batteries, which lire the
straits from the Egean Sea to the Sea Of
Mxrmors, but the forts could be silenced by
two or three of the British monster turret
ships, Inexpliacable, Devastation, Terror
Alexandria or Hercules. Then these fpst-
ing steel forts could be stationed ct either
end Of the straits 70 protest the Engiish and
exclude Russian vesssls. These :acts are as
well known to the sultan - TO the British
admiralty and il 10 believed here that bis
friendship will eventually be given TO the
side carrying the heaviest guns.
AZ. N-Consols Tor both accounts are
now IS 7-16.
Ar. k-A cabinet council = now esin0