New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-05
pEACE PROB1BLY ASSURED.

Lord Granville's statement seems decisive
Russia has agreed to submit the PenJdeh mass
acre to the arbitration OF friendly Powers anu
the Joint Boundary Commission is To proceeu
with its work, probably on the basis Oh the
secret understanding recently reached In Lon
don. The Penjdeh district is undoubtedly to be
surrendered. Although Lord Granville does
not saw so in so many words, his language i'm
niles that it will continue as it is to-day under
Russian rnle. He states, indeed, that the dis
trict will remain neutral territory while the
negotiations and arbitration are proceeding
But he does not announce the return OF uehera'
Komaroff's forces to their former positions. Inc
Russians continue to hold the ground won by
dishonest victory and will compete the political
organization of the district The Gar pledges
himself to withdraw his forces ii the decision OF
the Boundary Commission shall be against
Russia. But he knows that by prearrange-
ment in London the decision will be In MS
favor, and that Penjdeh is already his Dy
negotiation As for the arbitration proposals,
be probably has little dread Of n decision that
cannot at the worst deprive him OF PenJdch.
The unexpected complications with China and
the diplomatic successes of England at Teheran
and Constantinople may have induced the Car
to accept the British proposals. But We attach
more Importance to the Czarinas inhdence'
which is said to have been exerted strSSnn ely in
favor of peace. .uu ~i-.''
This .s@sai nnt be considered a diplomatic
Victory for Englanl. Peal leh is to be gwen up
in exchange for the privilege Of arguing before
a foreign arbitrator the question whether 1t
ought to have been clpturei and the garrison
treacherously attacked seven days after ten
eral K,marof had received Information of the
diplom ,tic truce Sir Peter l. lmS len is gvon
an opoortnnity Of IN setting the Russian Com MIS-
sioners and registering the decision already
rendered in London AM he will BE- fortunate II
he contrives to retire from the scene without
having his Official account OF tho battle OF
Pendeh repudiatel by his own Government. a
bridge has been opensd tor the retreat OF inc
Gladstone Ministry, and it retlres with coiors
living AMI brave fr)nt. Bat it is a retreat
nevertheless that involves the surrender OF
Penileh AMI an inevitable loss OF prestige In
the East.
Even before Lord Granville's explana tions
cast direct light upon the arbitration pro-
nosals there was sense Of departing darkness
in the buoyancy pervading the centres OF
Furonean finance The rapid advance In
British consols and Russian bonds with which
the week opens was the strongest proof OF the
return of confidence. An order from the Adj
miralty deferring the chdrtering OF steamers TO
be used for transports Is the earliest indication
of cessation Of active preparations for war
Perhaps the most significant demonstration IN
favor of peace is an acril Leader in the chlet
oryn Of En- slish Colservatis n b3tokcnln
revival of acrimonious political criticism
When journal 80 rem rkab for steldlnesS OF
in nent as The Sian iari declares that every =
thing has been done to drug the Nation into
slumber and that "philters and rhetoric and
adulationr have been "copiolsly applied to
stupefy its conscience" the renewal OF partisan
tactics in Parliament may be nom ;ntarlly ex-
| pected. Hostlities between the great p0litlcai
camps were suspended from Patriotic motives
while the country rem lined on the verge OF
war. The Opposition IN order to strengthen the
| Governments hands in momentous Crisis re-
Trained from debating the war credits But Lore
Salisbury and Lord Randolph Churchill Will no
be slow to take the cue from the leading journal
of their party. The most unerring indication o
the acceptance Of the arbitration proposals viii
be a revival of political activity in England ant
an outbreak of malevolent criticism oil the
| Prime Minister'S foreign policy.