New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-01
WHAT ENGLAND PROPooED
TO SUBMIT ONE POINT TO ARBl1hAiioN' ~

,,,, p,,ss,. VIOLATE THE MARCH n.x 'o
,nrprrSG THE ADVANCE w -; IN, sevs.
,nx,ox Nav 1.-The Sfdndafa 'iiis ,p1s,.hor-
. 10 ore able to state upon unqneS'iouApV ss a,,t.
80 tbat the English proposal 10 RUSS" " IS tho
,..;na ny to the arbitration OF one Oh .ho
sa u,'uns heads of Europe of the simple question
,'.ter or not the convention Of March IL was
srs,,an nv Russia. This proposal is now under con-
.ssa.o-;o,, bv the Russian Government, wmch has
ssa,dad m conyoke meeting of the Committee Vi
MINISTERS at Gatschina to consider the quesuon.
7. 70 known that Earl Granville's note, DesioeS
hing for nm arbitration inquiry into the hon'ai
"a incident, offered to end the dispute Dy con.o"
-. 40 Rrssia the Lessar lines under distinct
leaas that Il shall he the abiding limit OF the nus
~, frontier The response of NJ dc Giers Will
.aaoh bere ON Monday. 1t will announce the ac-
.entance of the Lessar line. but retusai W Hoiu
sa ;nouiry into the Komarof incident.
g1s standard aments that Mr. Gladstone snouiu
have consented to propose plan ior the
Of the Afghan dispute OF which the Na'ion '"""''
approve. 100 p-;.;.h ;roncIod 10 steam
- 80 and fro through the Straits OF
~ Dsrdanelles to prevent the TURK
~ authorities from sinking torpedoes
% block the channel The vigorous preparations py
r,gland for naval warfare cause much anxiety III
,ba Rlack Sea ports most of which are poorly toit
fed. p1,
psrssr1s. April 30-Ihe Independence Be'gcs
ST. Petersburg correspondent reiterates the s'"'o-
nent that there has been fresh engagement oe-
tween the Afghans and Russians, ana tnat inc
latter were repulsed. He asserts that the report
has been officially confirmed.
IoxpoN. April 30-Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice'
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated tna'
the Government we're as yet without ihioria'o',
,f second engagement between the Aighah anu
Russian troops aud believed that the Afghans sun
hold Baa-Murghab. ,c
In the House of Lords this afternoon Lora or"n-
Vile Foreign Secretary, announced that teiegrans
had been received from Sir Peter Lumsden when
contradicted the reports OF Russian adVan'0
npon and occupation of Maruchak.
sb,nowpers are urging upon the Government the
rocass,tv for the erection of defences upon the
River CLYDE They declare that, as the Niyuo y.. 10
AZ present foreign cruisers could quickly destroy
''I THE naval preparations are making great pro.
cress. The iron armor-plated turret shlns .hupsID
and Devastation have been put III commission ioi
Two steanships of the Peninsula and Oriental
line now building at Glasgow, have been puIchaseu
by the Government, to be converted INTO S.
The Government has also purchased three ans iaso
ocean steamers to keep the British coalng stations
supplied N.r. learns that England has not taken
nossession of Port Hamilton The presence Oh q
last british cruiser in the vicinity OF that lSauu'
Tie Meas thinks, probably the origin Oh inc IT,
port. boro axnress
fhe wish that peace may be maintained. i nc
TEMPS declares that it is Prince Bsnarcks 4uy Hy
to prevent the catastrophe OF war Sa, te
land and Russia If he permits the mortal duel the
Temps saws il will ce owing to uneaslness at nus
sa's powerful proximity TO Germany ana 10 IeaI oi
Engiand's naya, supremacy. Inc, llpeIal nsl'u I
tions of Germany as a peacemaker may pay
nOfie mart.