New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
THE NEWS IN LONDON
w,r CONSIDERED INEvITABLE-AcTloN of
NEUTRAL POWERS.


yxcr.ND AND THE PORTE PkobAoLh"
,xY CABLE To Tas raIsuS&i
.r, o5-Aopes Of peace with Russia
have daily grown sghter since the re'elp' =,
po.er I.umsden's dispatch on Tuesday. Inc '''"
go uro,ab,v hoped that Sir Peter Lumsdeus a0'
.n,,a soable them to waive their complaint
-. coneral Komaroff, but his terse' oAp'ioi'
ona detailed contradictions OF the huS''a'
,,onders story, point by point coupieu WIN
,;..;,ot assertion that the Russians
the agoressors, forced the Cabinet again =" ~
@. Petersburg a request for expiaha'ion'
ui''' .ohome for continuing the negotiations
A''' .,,o frontier and ignoring the Pen1deh
incident collapsed
n,rsstA ANXIOUS FOR WAR.
,,, cuor,s advisers in the meantime hau IT,
"a e,om their agents in Central Asia such "o-
-. 90 tho effect of General Komaroffs action OH
nub,c opinion as led them to resolve 10 refuse o..
sot;sfaction. The Russian press, mciuoihs 'i0 y"
Petersburg official journal, announcer 'ni'
liam terms. The Moscow Gazette, whose eoi'oi'
=, uo,Ioff is one of the Cars trusted aoNlsoi''
,,oLs the nlainest of all, saying that II hhei""u
.-,sh. mace she must accept the Penjdeh lnclueh'
with all the consequences, and resume heso'a'''
rssnectiue the frontier Other papers were a''o"oN
IN aemand the immediate seizure OF her'' "'u
nrotest against the English occupation u
hamilton. simply because it controls inc eu"'''
,...,,,.on corea and Japan which the Russian meet
.,ractsa itself to control These and many o'"o'
sons show how slender is the chance tna' "uS''"
will answer the last English dispatch WIFI any
thing but a refusal to continue the discussion VI
General Komarof's aggression.
THE CABINET EXPECTS WAR.
The English Ministers themselves almost ao'iuo'
hone Of peace The identical statement reao ."
Tuesday IN the House of Lords by LORD 'ran'i'i0
IA - ,ba Honse of Commons by Mr.. Gladstone
,o.rootino the vote of credit of eleven millions
sterling 1855, ,OOO OOOl, though avoiding mention
of Russia, con vinced both houses that the oaoio'
exnected war. This belief was strengtneneu vi
Thursday, when Mr.. Gladstone described inc 0o''
ernmeut as engaged in correspondence OF e1'rein0
,,o,,,x, and told the House Of Commons that SIX
millions and a half they had asked lor "0i0
wanted solely because of the deporabie 'hcioeh'
on the Afghan frontier.
The largest financial houses in London here'oloio
cl;npinc TO belief of peace, began selling some oaSs
since. DISPATCHES from every European capi'ai
have the same desponding tone. Two separate
Vienna kilograms report Count Kanoky as saying
that hopes of avoiding war have grown very
weak.
English opinion alike in London and the provin-
.ssis that war is almost inevitable. A few Radi-
Gals arpue that England can afford to pocket the
afront and allow Russia to violate its pledges ana
,oassacre English allies with impunlty This view
is not general.
ARBITRATION IMPROBABLE.
Norract;cal suggestion for arbitration has been
made. The probable action Of other European
movers has occasioned numberless fancifu specu-
lations. Russian agents in various capitals nave
set afloat positive statements that Germany ana
Austria have resolved to locaize the war and have
notified to Turkey that the Dardanelles
uust be closed against the English fleet.
These rumors are contramcted OH
eially by Mr.. Gladstone and unofhclaIy
through many sources. The Vienna press declares
that neither power has the least intention OF
coercinp Turkey, as such an act would be equiva-
lent to an alliance with Russia. The probabilities
strongly point to an understanding between Eng
land and Turkey in the event of war.
THE FRENCH EPISODE.
The action of France in the matter of the Bos-
phore Eggptn is supposed to indicate secret con-
cert with Russia. The English press to-day for the
first time has cared to discuss the subject seriously
1t avoids strong language and declines to believe
that Francois capable of the conduct suggested The
Ministry till last evening believed that the French
press went far beyond the Government, and that
the only official demand was for reparation on ac-
count, not of the suppression of the paper but OF
violation of domcile. The recall of the French
agents. il true is reported to be due to desire to
satisfy the French residents In Egypt.
The menace that France will withdraw from
the financial agreement is received in England
without dismay Nobody doubts that the incident
will be settled by compromise. The suppression of
the Bosphore Fggpden is maintained.
THE KHARToUM EXPEDITION.
The only other important Egyptian news must
b sought in Mr.. Gladstone's statement in the
House of Commons that the expedition to Kbartoum
bas been practically abandoned after tho Govern
nent have expended four millions sterling The
demand for an extra half million for the probable
expense of conveying the troops from Egypt to
India is among the most significant and threaten
ing announcements yet made.
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