Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-14
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
KOMAROPFSLATEST REPORT.
his story OF Oh. Penjdeh Ceiiision re-
tterased-The Effect OF the Russian snc'
[By cable to the Dispatch. |


cess.
[By cable to the Dispatch
ST. PETERSBURG. May l3.--Gen-
eral Komaroff's latest dispatches re-
garding the collision between the Rus
slams and Afghans near Penjdeh re-
iterates with fuller details his earlier
accounts Of the affair. He says the
Afghans sent haunting message to the
Russians declaring that they would
thrash the Russians as they had thrashed
the English" The Afghans, General
Komaroff again insists, fired the first
shot. and so were responsible for bring
ing on the engagement. General Roma
rolf says he learned from the prisoners
who were captured in the battle
that the Afghan leaders had or
dered the Sariks to furnish con-
tingent of 1000 men to the Al
gban army. The time which had been
allowed the Sariks to determine whether
they would comply with this order ex-
pired on the very day the battle oc-
Cured, and an answer from them was
expected by the Afghans on that day.
The effect produced by the Russian
success on the minds Of the neighboring
people was so great that directly after
the battle the Sarik and Ersarik Tur-
comans offered their allegiance to Rus
STA.
A few days after the battlc-namely,
on the 7th of April-General KomaroR
saws he wrote to Tab Salar, Afghan
commander at Penjdeh, that he had no
further animosity against the Afghans.
LONDON, May l3, 1885.
Earl Granville in the House Of Lords
last evening impugned the accuracy of
the statements made by Lord Randolph
Churchill in his speech in the House of
Commons on the 4th instant. The lat
ter has written a vigorous reply, which
will appear in the Times tomorrow
morning. Lord Randolph says: 81
never desired, and do not desire now,
to be a member Of the upper house, but
confess that when | read Earl
Granville's remarks to-day felt mo-
mentary wish to be a member of the
House Of Lords for just quarter OF an
hour in order to give Earl Granville a
mild reply. Peers will do well when
reforming their Constitution to adopt
the rule of the House of Commons
which prohibits quoting in debate
speeches made in either house in
previous debates of the same ses-
sion. as official reports Of speeches
are unobtainable, whilst newspaper
reports are not always accurate.
IL Earl Granville wished to reply
to my speech with regard to the
received notions Of ordinary parlia-
mentary fair play, he might have III
structed Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice to
take advantage Of Mondays debate in
| the House of Commons to correct what
he assumes to be my errors. Lord Ed
mund Fitzmaurice is certainly not inie-
,ior to Earl Granville in intelligence,
and might have been trusted to that
extent. or Earl Granville might have
given me notice, when | could have
asked some friend in the House OF
Lords to reply in my behalf. These
two courses, however, in Earl Gran
ville's opinion, were open to serious
objection. Firstly, they were fair and
honorable; secondly, he would have
been precluded from enjoying complete
immunity in making foolish and igno-
rant charges against myself. Pray al
low me through your columns to deal
with this unhappy man."
Lord Randolph then goes on to refute
in detail Earl Granville's charges of in
/