The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-05-14
SEa[PLY A WIND STORM
tbs TALK ABOUT WAR BETWEEf
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA Is BOSH.
One Is Afraid and the Other Ditto, But
England is Too Cowartlly to knock
on the Cbip-CunningI,am al
Eurton = Foreign News.


England is Too Cowartily to Knock
on the Cbip-CunningI,am al
Burton Foreign News.
LONDON, May 5-Opinion has veere.
this wecl, more frequently and completely
than at any time during the crisis. Wher
Glanstorte was speaking in the commons
everybody said "This certainly means war
This Interpretation apart from th, fnsgnifi
cent eloquence and splendid delivery OF tn.
speech was the secret OF its wonderful effect
IN forthwith silencing all opposition. Bu
while parliament was thus convinced of wal
tho stock exchange and the general public
the very next day declared for peace Thi:
tendency has been increasing daily until
now peace is believed to be almost con.
cinded For once the popular impression is
based on sound premises. Things stand as
follows.
J The frontier question is virtually settled.
England knows Russias wants and has de
cided to yield tie most thereof. The Peujieh
point of honor will be got around
by clever diplomacy dodging. The
difficulty has been to inquire
into the Penjdeh affair without passing judg-
: power viii submit the acts of its own officer
! directly to any arbitration which would ad-
NIT q question of Lurnsden's veracity or
komaro.f's strategy. Arbitration, there
/ fore, will not be on the officers, but on the
real meaning of the agreement of March II,
i and whether what will be euphemistically
! called the Interpretation thereof is correct
/ for either side. Meanwhile the disputed ter
ritory VIII not be further occupied. One
probable result of arbitation is that
England will claim a money indem-
nifty for the Afghans, and, as a minis
ter said laughingly: England viii perhaps
quietly lend Russia money to enable her to
purchase peace"
The settlement has undoubtedly been
brought about by a nervous terror which
overcame both parties when they found
themselves face to face with the grim coun-
tenance of war. England has visibly cooled
! in the few days during which war seemed a
certain event The tories began to ask one
smother what they were going to fight about.
The car shrank from unknown possibilities
and was chagrined at the revelations of Rus
sia's poverty in her inability to purchase even
few cruisers.
To-day promises that the Russian scare
viii almost be forgotten in a few weeks and
he momentary unity of parties will be
broken and the air rent with the hoarsA cries
IF rival candidates in the coming elections.
The government on the whole got well cut
Of the business Mr.. Childer's budget made
, favorable impression. Nobody expects the
whisky makers to oppose the increased
duties.
Until the war scare has vanished there will
be little interest in domestic controversies.
letter from st. Petersburg dated April o,
describes the enthusiasm with which the car
Has greeted when he traversed the streets in
An open carriage and with none Of the extra
ordinary precautions with which the people
had become familiar It has been many
years since the czar of Russia has had such
warm popular reception in st. Petersburg
and it never before occurred during the reign
If the present monarch. The nearest recent
approach to the demonstration of last Tues
lay was the pageant at the cars coronation,
,ut that was at Moscow. Its nearest histcr-
cal parallel was furnished in April, 1877,
just before the Turco-Russian war when the
present cars father was enthusiastically &C
claimed at St. Petersburg and Moscow as he
reviewed and addressed the troops vino We're
about to fight for holy Russia
Last Tuesday the streets of ST. Petersburg
we're crowded with people. 1t was e spon-
taneous gathering, and was in marked con-
Tast to tie purchased and constrained en-
husiasm of the coronation pageant. The
:zar inspected the Grenadier guards, but
made no address. The people who were uns-
ware of the gravity Of the crisis, looked upon
the events of the day as merely a military
pageant on larger scala than usual.
The remainder of the Correspondents letter
Edevoted to the war preparations which
sre mainly interesting now as showing how
imminent the danger which is now believed
10 be averted was considered four days ago.
He says that Gen. kouropotkine, the leader
)f the war party, had the cars private car;
hat it was whispered that the bulk of the
army was already mobilized, and that the
politicians and military officers were certain
that there was to be- a war. The ice had
vanished from the ports on the Baltic and
tie gulf of Finland, and an immense fleet
was ready at CronStad5 for instant service.
Many aristocratic families of the Finnish
coast were seeking refuge at st. Petersburg,
and many towns bad sent their archives TO
the capital for safe-keeping.
Mr.. Stephen J. Meany. of New York,
counsel for Cunningham and Burton, now
nnder Indictment for treason-feiony in
causing the dynamite explosion at the Tower
Of London-is to start next week on a lecture
tour in aid CT the fund for the defense of
the prisoners. Rumors to the effect that the
crown would use Burton as a witness to Sc
cure the conviction of Cunningham have
been current in London for several weeks
past, and are probably true. The general
opinion enong the English people is that the
government has secured enough evidence to
Ccnv.ct both men.
The Spanish government is becoming !
alarmed over the spread of the propaganda
Of republicanism as preached by Senor Ruis |
Gorilla from his refuge in London. The
r,ost serious feature of the situation is that
every section Of the liberal party is gravi- !
tating toward Zorillism. The Spanish tories !
are entrcating the government 10 destroy so
dangerous a coalition which would threaten
the very existence Of dynastic government
in Spain. The tories would have the govern
nent repress the ZoriIhists with a stern hand
and at the same time WOO the liberals back !
to fealty by real or apparent concessions
Mid measures, they say, may now prevent
detection, but if the present opportunity be
wasted tie tories fear that radicalisln will
grow to proportions now undreamed Of
In the meantime the great republic exile
is jubilant over his party's prospects He
continues to sprinkle Spain with republican
literature, which continually becomes more
seductive to Navering liberals. He is thus
slowly converting many former enemies into
Ii is now learned that Russian cruisers have
been stationed for some time past at ccnven
lent points in the Pacific ocean in readiness
in tire case of war TO cut the ocean cable con-
Meeting England with China, India and Aus
tralie-
Jchn Pendcr, member Of parliament for
Wick and chairman OF the Eastern ard East
ern extension telegraph companies, has i'm
plored the government to protect the ca5les of
those companies which have monopoly of
the ca5ie business with the Orient, and to re-
pair them j.. case Of damage caused by acts of
war Tie government Las replied that it
viii do its best t., protect the propars
of the cable companies, rs OF ali Englisiinen
Delayed Passengers.
LIvERfooI., May 5.-siost of the rasser
gers ori beard the Guion line steamer Ahy5
snia, who were brought back here or
account Of the breaking down OF that YES
sal's engines, were transferred to the Nevada,
OF tie same lire wilic;. has sailed. The re