Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-16

IuO0SA SOc PrOpOSal COUIO De MADE
to appear to the British public as a
retreat on the part of Russia. AS Earl
Granville's demand for the with
drawal Of the Russian troops was
telegraphed to Sir Edward Thornton
at st. Petersburg, after the receipt of
NJ. De Gier's proposal, it may be in
ferred that the Russian prerier's over
ture has not met with acceptance.
and has made no impression on the
English government. Both Russia
and England are busily engaged in
correspondence with other powers and
are actively counting alliances. If
the English negotiations with Turkey
succeed, a most important immediate
result will be the opening of the OAR
danelles to the British 2eet.
ARREST OF AYoUB KHAN.
LONDON, April IL The arrest of
Ayoub Khan, ex-ameer of Afgnistan,
by the Persian authorities, was made
in demand of Sir r. T. Thompson.
The British minister at Fiherm report
that Ayoub Khan had meditated
fight into his old dominion for the
purpose of stirring up his
former subjects against Ab-
durraham Khan the present
ruler, and in favor of Russia, is corr
roborated. It is stated that Ayoub
had arranged to go to Askabad and
there join the Russian troops, whom
he meant TO accompany into Afghan
istan, where he intended to set up his
claims to the present ameer's throne.
ROSE OoLoRED STORIES OF LOYALTY.
LONDON, April 1.-THE recent mail
advices FROM India differ sufficiently
froa official kilograms recently re-
ceived, concerning loyalty to England
of noted chiefs and people. Official
dispatches it is seen have been unwar-
raantable, rose-collored. They have
without. exception eclaredIth that. Indian
krinces were impatient to display
their loyalty to England by rushing
to battle against the Rus
slams. The mali advices materially
modify the expectations engendered
by the official kilograms, and indicate
that there is feeling existing pretty
generally among the Indians which,
under certain circumstances, might
prove anything but advantageous to
British prestige in India in the event
of stubborn and prolonged Anglo
Russian conflict. The native Indian
princes, while nearly unanimous in
favor of war, a careful observer
can discern in the newspapers an
advocacy of war wherever tits unham-
pered by mere national Indian feel
ing Of resistance to Russian aggres-
sion, that of sincere loyalty to
purely British interests.
AN ADVANCE.
Gen. Stewart, in anticipation of in
structions to advance his entire Indian
command, has ordered an advance by
the bay of Quettah of the artillery
corps now stationed ia the Kohati.
ABRIDGING TIE NEWS.
LONDON, April 1.-THE correspond
ents at Rowalpindi are refused all
information about their orders. It has,
however, been ascertained that a
namber of detachments have already
left en- route to Geuttah.
ON THE BLACK SEA.
News has been received from
Odessa, by way of Varna, that the
transports for service on the Black
Sea is so absorbed in the
work of carrying troops and
munitions of war from Sebastopol,
Nickaloof. Batoum and Baloli. Ex-
tensive works are being constructed
for the defense of Batoum and Nicka~
loot. The new works of defense at
Sebastopol have been for the present
suspended
RUSSIA COOL
ST. PETERSBURG, April 1.-THE
Journal Of st. Petersburg speaking,
evidently by official inspiration, COM
ments on the recent government ut
terances in the British parliament as
premature, and says it thinks it would
have been preferable for the English
minister to have suspended judgment
until receipt of more complete infor-
mation. They should not have acted
upon the supposition that was unlike
" that the Russian generals, &C
quainted with the intentions of the
Russian government, acted with good
reason that they should have borne in
mind that the collisions such as that
which occurred on Kushk,
are always possible IN the
presence of violent and undisciplined
Asiatic population. The Penjdeh
incident concludes the journal