St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-14
Publication Of a Letter Written by Lord
Randolph Churchill Raises
Breeze.
Gladstone Unmercifnlly Assailed on Ac-
count Of His Speech Thursday
Night.
Roysterers Create Riot in Trafalgar
Square and Entertain the
Police.
The Reduced Copy of the Barthold
Statue Formally Presented
at Paris Yesterday.
Belittling Gladstone.

LONDON, May 14.-A sensation has been
caused by the publication in the Times of a
letter from Lord Randolph Churchill assail-
ing Gladstone on account Of his speech
Thursday night last against the amendment
alluded to the premier as ''This
unhappy man. this melancholy
personage,' and 'sthis incapable, malicious,
sneaky Whig" The letter concludes: ''The
process of sneaking down to the house of
lords and making variety of false asser-
tions is quite in accordance with what little
is known of Granville's public career. Lord
Randolph also refers to remark of Earl
Kimberly as his only sensible remark pub
licly recorded.
STILL PASSING.
The consolidation fund bill, the $55, OO0,
600 credit, passed its third reading in the
house OF commons this afternoon.
STEPHENS STORY.
Condie Stephens, the bearer of a dispatch
from Sir Peter Lumsden to the government,
says the British commission started for Tir-
pul directly after the Penjdeh battle.
Reaching the Parapamisus mountains
terrific snow storm rendered progress slow
Many camp followers were lost. The de-
feated AfghanS retreated by another route.
The Penjdeh valley is a most fertile and
lovely country, with splendid pasture land
in the spring time. The ground is literally
carpeted with flowers. The valley abounds
in game. The party killed $50 pheasants
daily. The Murghab abounds in water
fowl. The defileS are stocked with gazelle
The Afghans were kind, and attended to
the wants Of the commission and did their
utmost to provide them with food, although
the task was a difficult one. When Mr.,
Stephen left the commission all the mem
bers were in good health and spirits.
DUFFERIN's RECALL.
The cabinet is meditating the recall of
Lord Dufferin, because he opposes the canal
scheme The proposal to appoint COM
mission of powers for the surveillance of
the canal has been submitted to direct ne
gotiations between European cabinets.
Earl Granville instructed the English dele
gate to the canal conference commission to
deny that the conference had power to de-
eide that question.
A SURMISE.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg arrived
last night Baron DeStaal Immediately had
an interview with Earl Granville. 1t is
surmised that Russia accepts the conven-
ton.
OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED
Earl Kimberly, secretary for India, an
nounced in the house of lords yesterday that
a plan had been officially sanctioned, in
volving an outlay of S., 900, 600 for railways
and military, including line to Quettch.
KoMARoFF's DISPATCH:
ST. PETERSBURG, May 13.-Gen. Ko-
maroff's latest dispatch regarding the cellis-
ion between the Russians and Afghans near
Penjdeh gives further details of his
previous accounts Of the affair. Gen.
Komaroff says he learned from prisoners
who were captured in the battle that the
Afghan leaders had ordered the Sariks to
furnish contingent Of 1000 to the Afghan
army. The time which had been allowed
the Sariks to decide whether they would
comply with this order expired on the very
day the battle occurred and an answer was
expected by the Afghans that day. Directly
after the battle the Sarik and the Ersik
Turcomans offered their allegience to Rus
sia.
A few days after the battle, namely on
the 7th of April, Gen. Komaroff says he
wrote Taib Sarlan, the Afghan commander
at Penjdeh, that he had no further animosity
against the Afghans.