Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-09

The Afghan Frontier Dispute.
LONDON, May 6th.-In the House o
Commons this afternoon, Sir StaforC
Northcote gave notice that he would. on
Monday, move that the House is entitled
10 the fullest knowledge of the Govern.
ments action in regard to the Afghan dis
putc and the uses to which the &l1 ,0O0, ,00C
tc be voted are to be put
special dispatch from Calcutta TO The
Times says: News Of peace arrangements
created dismay here, for peace so obtained
Is considered dangerous and humiliating
Reports which reach here from the north
west and from Afghanistan agree in repre-
senting the vacillatiOn Of the Ministry as
ruinous to British prestige.
The report published in the Uol7tiag Post
to-day that Earl Dutferin has resigned his
position rs Viceroy of India in consequence
Of the disastrous effect upon British pres
tige in India of GiadstOne's weak and tim
orous policy, is denounced by Government
officials as utterly untrue. "On the con
trary," they say, Earl Dutlerin counsels
with and approves of Gladstones present
action respecting the Russo-Atghan ques-
ton"
THE ARBITRATION QUESTION.
ST. PETERSBURG, May Sth.-The Mos
COW Gazette, with reference to the submis-
sion of the Afghan frontier difficulty to
arbitration, says: II is not possible to
permit the correctness Of our action to be
certified by a third party. Such course as
this is not arbitration i'm any proper sense
of the term, but simply respectable means
Of terminating the incident
The Nocoe VreIaya explains that Sir Peter
Lumsden, who they say made all the mis-
chief, has been recalled to London.
RUSSIA DECLINES TO BIND HERSELF NOT TO
ADVANCE ON HERAT,
New YORK, May Sth.-A London special
TO the Egeaiag Post says; have unques-
tionable authority for stating that Russia
has categorically declined to make any
treaty binding her not to advance on
Herat."
THE BREACH WIDENING AGAIN.
LONDON May Sth.-The Russian Embas-
sador impaired to Earl Granville to-day the
substance of note from De Giers, with
reference to the basis OF the Afghan from
tier negotiations. Ii is reported that it is
not satisfactory to the British Government
a conference on the frontier question will
be held Tuesday. The differences between
the two Governments as to the terms upon
which the question shall be referred to ar
bitration are becoming greater The state
Inent of the Official He&SeHder, of st. Peters
burg, that the dispute will be submitted to
arbitration only in.case of necessity, is
declared semi officially declared inaccurate
Granville, in his discussions with De Staal
holds that RussiaS acceptance of arbitra-
ton must be absolute. The Conservatives
will muster their full strength in the House
Of Commons Monday, to support North
cote's motion of censure.
4 FRESH VOTE OF CENsURE
LONDON. May Sth.-In the House of Com
mons to-day, Sir Stafford Noithcote gave
notice that when the consolidated fund bill
comes up for 4 second reading, he would
move for q fresh vote of censure. The
wording Of this motion Will be subStan
tally as follows:
ReSolyed, That the House. having shown il
readiness to vote supplies viii refuse to assent
formed of the Governments present policy an
OF the purposes to which the money granted is
to be applied.
ARRIVAL FROM HERAT
LONDON, May Sth.-Colonel Patrick Stew
art has arrived from Herat. lie haG
started before the summons for his return
to London reached him.
The British in the SoudaA.
LONDON, May Sth.-In the House o
Lords to-day the question was asked re-
garding the condition of the British troops
serving in the Soudan. The Duke of Cam
bridge, Commander-in-C Chief of the Army
in response said that the troops had nevel
been better cared for in any campaign thar
they had in the SOudan.
CONGRATULATED BY THE QUEEN.
LONDON, May Sth.-The Queen has sen
a message to General Graham at Suakim
congratulating him on the recent success O
the British over the Arabs at Takool
! SIGNIFICANT SPEECH By GENERAL woLsELEY
SUAKIM, May Sth.-General Wolseley re
viewed the camel corps, composed O
dragon guards, to-day He urged tht
men to perfect themselves in their move
duties, as they would be wanted on tn
Nile in the autumn. The speech is sig
| nificant, as indicating that the General i
not in favor Of the Governments policy O
abandoning the Soudan.
The Situation on the Isthmus.
WAsHISGToE, May Sth.-The Colombian
| Minister, Becerra, received yesterday
| cable dispatch from the President OF tn
| Republic telling him that in seven of tn
| nine States which compose the cOn1edera
ton peace and order prevail One thOusant
additional troops are leaving Buenaventur.
for Panama and the Atlantic coast. Col
onel Ceyes, who commands the Colombian
| troops now at Panama, is well known il
| New York as distinguished man i'll hi
own country. He is one of the wealthieS
and most enterprising merchants Of Colon
Dia the owner of two steamers, whicl
navigate the Negro and Putumayo rivers
affluents of the Amazon, and his enter
prises have attracted the friendly atten
ton and favor of the Emperor of Brazil.
DETAILS OF THE AMERICAN SEIZURE O.
PANAMA.
New YORK, May Sth.-The Tribune Pan
anna dispatch furnishes the first details o
| the American seizure of Panama and tn
subsequent proceedings. 1t appears tina
| Captain McCalla was ordered to take poses
sion because Aizpura's (the rebel leader
preparations to resist the Colombian troops
who were advancing, were of a most des
would have been shared by Panama haC
the Americans hesitated. Aizpura figure
in the account as a contemplate coward
When our columns entered the city, he wa
in total ignorance of the fact. He was 90
ing towards the Government House wit
his Secretary of State and two members O
staff, and as he approached the American
Consulate the head of Colonel Hayward
column suddenly turned the corner
Captain McCalla, on foot, was wit
them. Some one pointed out Aiz
pura to him, and he immediatel
arrested him. Aizpura fell fainting to tn
ground. He was taken into the America
Consulate, where he tainted again, an,
then became hysterical. The rebel troop
were all in the cuartel. A guard was place,
around it and gun turned on it. Aizpur
was sent under strong guard to the Gran,
Hotel, where he was held as prisoner
| Guards were placed around the plaza and
| Gatling gun trained ON it. The rebels wer
taken completely by surprise, and befor
they realized what had happened the troop
were in possession of the American Con
sulate, Grand Hotel, Office of the Cenra
and South American Cable Company an,
the property of the Pacific Mail. Their
were no sounds of arms or bugle
only the solid, steady, tramp, tramp
and the glittering of the mornings sun ol