The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-07
FOREIGN NEWS,

4 SO66u0N N6WSs
No Cessatisn In the Preparations for war
The Tories Developing Wonderful Ae-
sivity-EnEiish Sympathy With America
| -Gernany's Aggressive Policy-A Mu-
| tual Friend.
LONDON, July 26.-sTn peace prepare
for war;" is still the motto defining the
situation. A formal truce is at last ded.
nitely declared. secret understanding,
which may be violated at the first con.
venient opportunity, has been effected on
the basis OF the ''pour parlers' cabled liz
this correspondence fortnight back.
All the positions held by Russia are re.
tanned. There Is to be no forward move
ment in any direction by Afghans or Rus
SLAMS. The statu quo is to be main.
tanned until the boundary reports have
been duly considered by their respective
governments aud further exchange of
views based upon the conclusions there
upon arrived a., has taken place. This
| gives Russia an advantageous starting
point for the next move. She commands
| the two passes and main roads
| east and west to Herat, and behind n
curtain stretching across the country
| from point to point is rapidly forming
extensive camps, bringing up men and
! supplies and completing hallway and
! telegraphic communications between
headquarters and the front Neverthe-
| less, the Gar still proposes, and General
! Kou aroff disposes, and no one can pre-
| tend to say what the accidents of an hour
or the insolence OF the Ameer's troops,
or the necessity of securing the safety OF
\ the Russian posts under suddenly arising
emergencies may not bring forth. En-
I gland and the Ameer are not less ener
/ getic on the south side of the new Rus
| sian frontier that Komarof is on the
/ north.
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT.
| Lord Churchill has developed a spirit
/ of fiery activity which is fairly setting
/ the Indian Department in n blaze. With
untiriug industry Churchill has devoted
every spare moment to detailed exam-
| ination of the dispatches and reports Of
the Indian Government relating to Rus
| STA and the Ameer. The former Secre-
taries of Ministers under Conservative
| administrations were called upon to
furnish an exhaustive precis of official
documents aud personal knowledge of all
that had transpired during Gladstone's
term of Office. One of the first fruits of
/ this was the discovery of serious defects
| in the administrative machinery OF the
! Indian Office and enormous abuses in the
military departments. Important men,
oranda urgently affecting the efficiency,
mobility and strength of the Indian army
were found to have been pigeon-ho!ed for
years and Enacted on, and urgent dis
patches recommending reform systematic
cally neglected. Considerable progress
has already been made in the investiga-
ton set on foot by Lord Churchill. The
Indian Government has received the
sanction of the Home Government TO
take immediate measures facilitating
rapid mobilization on q war footing and
effecting radical changes in the internal
administration of the Indian armies,
which the experiences of the past ten
years in Afghanistan and Egypt have
shown to be necessary. The eNpeudi-
ture of large sums for supplies has been
sanctioned, and the Indian government is
now manufacturing and accommodating
vast quantities of arms and food in ell
the military districts of the Northwest;
and effectiHs the concentration of troops,
the formation of additional railway, tele-
graph, medical, transport and commits
sariat services on scale commensurate
with declarations of the Marquis of Sails.
bury, that the defense of India must be
placed beyond the possibility Of an
unsuccessful resistance to attack.
SORROW FOR GENERAL GRANT.
Public sympathy for Americas be
reavement in the death of General Grant
Is greater than I have ever observed it
for any distinguished man not of English
birth. 1t is'surprising how many houses
bear mourning symbols, especially in the
West end, where it would naturally be
supposed the deceased hero was least
known. The London public admire
Grant as a great representative Ameri-
can, a true type of American manlinesS,
dignity, courage, for:itude aud steadfaSt-
ness. His patience in the time of suffer-
ing, his unfinching endurance
in the sore hour of distress, his
simplicity in the day OF prosperity and
his herofsm in the face of danger are
qualities which commend themselves to
the hearts of this people. The universal
feeling is one of respectful and tender
sympathy for the Nation and family, and
relief at SO peaceful an end of a long pc
riod of illness. Numerous proposals
have been made with view to the adop-
ton of some method of perpetuating the
memory of the departed soldier, and
marking the friendly National feeling
debating the move. and decision will
probably be arrived at Tomorrow.
GERMAN AGGREssIvENEss.
Considerable uneasiness has been Gre
ated iu Government circles by reports
that Germany is endeavoring to get q
foothold in the China seas and is ueao-
tiating with the Coreans for the posses
sion of the Island of Quelpaert. to the
south of the Corean Peninsula and Port
Hamilton. It vas reported few days
ago that the Island of Quelpaert had been |
occupied BY the Russians, but the rumor
is denied to-day. When the Russian war |
scare was at its height, England sta |
toned three war vessels at Port Hamil- |
ton and virtually occupied the place. 1t |
was said that Corea had consented to its |
occupation BY England. 1t Is now said |
that German influence, which at present |
Is paramount in Corea, has been at work |
for some time to secure the possession |
by Germany of both Port Hamilton aud /
the island of Quelpaert.
BISMARCK AS A NCTUAL FRIEND.
Prince Bismarck assumes the position
Of 4 mutual friend ia the dispute between |
England and Russia in relation to the
ZufcaI Pass. 1t Is reported from Berlin
that he suggests at least temporary
adjustment of the difficulty by means of
an authorized declaration by botn Gov
ernmentS that the Pass and the noun
tains to the east of it shall be considered
neutral territory, to be open alike to Al
ghaus and Turcomans, for peaceful pur-
poses only.
A YoufhfuI EI0nemenf~