St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-21
OMINOUS RUMORS.
Claims Made in st. Petersburg That the
Anglo-Russian Negotiations Have
Fallen Through.
Reinforcements Being Sent to Herat and
Great Preparations for War
Continue.
In a Speech the Marquis of Salisbury
Asserts That Further Diplo-
macy is Useless.
He Urges That Troops Be Massed in
India and the Afghan Frontier
Strengthened.
Are They True?


ST. PETERSBURG, May 2O.-Rumors are
current here to the effect that the Anglo
Russian negotiations have collapsed. 1t is
believed, however, that the rumOrs origina-
ted with the war party. The Scott pre-
diets all outbreak in Macedonia and Bel
gravia against the Turks and Greeks which
will set the whole SlavOnian world in
flames.
THEIR DIFFERENCES.
LONDON, May 2O.-The three principal
points in the negotiations between England
and Russia on the Afghan issue are the de-
mand of Russia for the Zulfikar pass, the
fixture of a Russian agent at Cabul and the
fortification of Herat by the English. The
ameer objects to the first, England will not
agree to the second and Russia claims she
cannot permit the third.
DIPLOMACY USELESS.
The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking this
evening at a dinner of Middlesex Tories,
said it was now quite evident that diplo-
macy was useless to stop the advance of
Russia to India. The right pol
icy now would be to mass vailable
troops in North India and fortfy
the Indian frontier. He upbraided the Lib
eral administration for its waste of lives
and money in the Soudan campaign,
which had resulted only in humiliation and
urged the Tories to educate the new elect
Ors, who would exercise the right
OF suffrage for the first time this year
under the operation of the new franchise
law. Lord Randolph Churchill made an
address this evening at the dinner of the
st. Stephens club. He asserted that the
Intention OF the ministers to renew the
Irish crimes act was an admission of failure
OF the Irish policy of the cabinet, and that
its foreign policy had been proved ruinous.
REINFORCEMENTs.
Afghan advices report that reinforce
ments are continuously going from Can
dahar to Herat It is expected that the
railway will be completed to Merv in sixty
days. Material has been ordere sufficient to
carry the line to Candahar There is no
sign of relaxation of military work.
FORTIFYING.
A Vienna dispatch says that it is re-
porten that Canton will be fortified, and
that three tirst-class fortresses will be
erected on the frontiers of Tonquin by Ger
man engineers, which will probably be Off
cered by Germans.
A SERIOUS OBSTACLE.
The morning papers unanimously express
the opinion that the detention of guards at
Alexandria and the Australian contingent
at Alden is on account of the attitude OF
Russia and that there is serious obstacle
in the way of completion of negotiations
for peace.
A LITTLE ADVICE
Advices from Tirpul say that Sir Peter
LumSden's advice to the government was
that in view of recent events it was best to
break up the commission, leaving the gov
ernment itself to settle the frontier question
with Russia.
RUSSIA AND THE PORTE.
Vienna dispatches state that Russian influ-
ence with the porte has been increasing
since Greece declared her intention to sup
port England in the event of war with
Russia.
THE LAND BILL.
Mr.. Gladstone, in the house of commons
this afternoon, gave notice that he would
introduce land purchase bill for Ireland
after the Whitsuntide.
THE FRENCH PAPER.
The papers relating to the seizure of the
French newspaper, LIE Bosphore, Egyptien,
at Cairo, by the khedive's government, with
the knowledge and consent of England,
They conclude with letter from Lord
Lyons, British minister at Paris. This let
ter is dated at Paris, April 30, and quotes
expressions made by NJ. de Freycinet,
French foreign minister, in which he speaks
in warm terms of the high sense OF friend
ship which Earl Granville, British foreign
minister, displayed toward France during
the entire controversy about the matter.
GoRDoN's DEATH.
Gen. Sir Charles Wilson, who succeeded
Gen. Sir Herbert Stewart in the command
of the advance corps of the KhartOum re-
lief expedition after the latter was wounded
at the Zareba battle, has sent in his official
report, inresponse to the charge that Gen.
Gordon might have been rescued alive if
the troops under command of Sir Charles
had not been unnecessarily halted at Gubat
for three days. The report explains this
three days delay in starting up the Nile to
relieve Gen. Gordon by the necessity of Sc
curing the small force at Gubat against an
attack then threatened from Berber on the
north and from Odwordurman on the south.
The report further states that after the arri-
val of the troops at Gubat it required good
deal of time to select crews and prepare the
steamers for the advance to Khartoum.
THE LAND BILL.
It is reported that the Irish land pur-
chase bill provides that the government
shall advance three-fourths of the purchase
money, the landlord retaining a lien for the
other fourth, and that before he is paid off
large portion of the government claim
must be satisfied.
CAN'T RESIGN.
The Daily News says Mr.. Gladstone CAN
not resign until the Russian and Egyptian
questions are settled. The general cleo
tions to be held in November will turn on
his foreign and home policy. The Liberals,
the News says, cannot fight the issues with
out him.
THE FINAL ACT
The royal assent will be given to-day to
the vote of credit and the registration bills
which complete the legislation for the eX-
tension Of the franchise:
General Notes.
VANDALISM.
LONDON, May 20.-Valuable pictures by
Sir Frederick Leighton, Tadema Millais
and other celebrated artists, now on exhi-
bition at the Royal academy, have been
cut, scratched and otherwise mutilated
The outrages are supposed to have been
prompted by malice.
TJVES TOST