The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-10
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Penjedeh, and he at once told the
ameer and the native Indian chiefs in
attendance at the council. The chiefs
unanimously recommended the i'm
mediate throwing of troops into
Afghanistan and this recommends
ton has been placed be.
fore the home government at
London. Later In the day the
surmise of the government In regard
to Sir Peter Lumsden were substan-
tiated by receipt of telegram from Sir
Peter Lumsden, at Gudran, dated
April lst, which completed the bro.
ken Dispatch. Estates especially that
the Russians attacked the Afghans at
Pcnjedih and slaughtered 200 of the
garrison. Seventy thousand British
and Indian troops now stationed near
the northern Indian frontier may
reach llerat In time to prevent the
capture Of that important point.
Earl Granville, of the cabinet, had
separate interviews with the Turkish
ambassador to London and Baron De
Staal, the ambassador from Russia,
Gladstone, in the house of commons
this evening, said that on Saturday
the cabinet had considered Russias
reply TO England's proposal to limit
the zone OF survey to debatnble
points. Iussia's reply was an agree
mcnt TO do this, with proviso. The
government consider that this reply
| did not advance the question toward
u conclusion and was dissatisfied with
II. Within the past twenty-four
hours, however, the premier SAID
subsequent communication had been
received from Russia which appeared
to place the matter In n more hopeful!
position. Being asked what the ma
ture of this subsequent communica-
ton was, Gladstone said 1t would be
| impossible at present for the govern
mcnt TO make any further statement
concerning the pending negotiations
| about the Afghan frontier in view of
! the grave occurrence just reported.
Continuing, Mr.. Gladstone said that
1t was evident the Russians had at
tackled the Afghans and that the AZ
ghans had been defeated after making
a gallant resistance II was apparent
also that the Russians, after the fight,
had returned to their former posi-
tons or at least to the left bank of
the kuska river which might be
equivalent to such retirement. The
government had been informed
that the Russians had made every en-
deavor TO induce the -Afghans to be-
gin the fight and the Russian troops
had twice even attempted to forcibly
pass through the Afghan picket lines.
a fter one of these attempts had fail
ed to provoke an Afghan attack, Cap
tain Yates met Russian chief of staff
and told him the conduct of the Rus
sian soldiers was an evident violation
of the Russian agreement to not ad-
vance pending the outcome Of the he
gotiations. The Russian officer re-
piled that he had no knowledge that
any arrangement existed against the
Russian advance. Captain Yates
then referred TO the official dispatch
sent from st. Petersburg on ,larch
| 18th, TO London, assuring England
that orders would be at once sent to
| the Russian officers at the front di-
recting them to forbid any advance,
and to do all in their power to pre-
vent provocation of the Afghans, aud
the Russian officer declared ave know
nothing whatever of any such ar
rangement."
Mr.. Gladstone commenting on this
said that England had kept her part
of the agreement up to March 30th at
least and the Afghans had made no
advance nor any forward movement
of any kind. So far rs the informa-
| ton possessed by the ministers went
the government, Mr.. Gladstone said,
must regard the attack by Russians
upon Penjedeh as unprovoked and
the government had asked for an ex-
PLANTATION of this attack from the Rus
sian government, but of course suili-
cient time had not elapsed for tho re-
ccipt of an answer to this request.
Sir Edward Thornton, British am
bassador to st. Petersburg had how
ever last night telcgraphed that De
Giers, the Russian prime minister had
expressed for himself and for the
czar an earnest hope that this UNI
happy incident might not prevent the
continuation of negotiations for
peace. This remark was greeted
with shouts and laughter.l
! Concerning the statement that the
Russians had occupied Penjedeh, the
premier said that some confusion ex-
lists because the statement that Rus
slams occupy Penjeleh emanates from
a British officer who had left the spot
at the time of the fight, while Sir
Edward Thornton reports subse-
quently to this that DeGiers
had stated that the Russians after at
lacking the Afghans did not occupy
Penjdih. Many questions were at
once asked Mr.. Gladstone about the
ambiguity of expression used by NJ
DeGiess, and whether the Russians
might not have occupied Penjdih
without having occupied il immedi
ately after battle Gladstone evade(
, these questions as Idle, and to otheri
he said the government had no rea
son to believe that any AGGRESSIVE
,, acts been prepared by the Afghans I,
: provoke the attack on Penjdeh. Thi
! declaration caused a sensation, and 70
! moment the house resounded will
cries of shear" shear"