Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
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the first reserve, and orders have beer
issued for the mobilization of the entir,
Russian army. The ice is rapidly disap
pearing from the harbors of st. Peters
burg, Cronstadt, Helsingfors and Riga
| Eleven vessels of the Cronstadt fleet have
| gone to the Baltic. The Odessa division
| of the Russian army, numbering 10000
men, has been ordered from the Blacl
Sea to the Caspian. The garrison in and
| around Odessa will be replaced by troops
| from the interior. Two hundred work.
men have been sent to Sveaborg to
strengthen the military defences at that
important post. The government is buy
| ing coal abroad Mt any price, and is en-
| gaging the services of large number of
| lnborers.
LONDON, May 4.-The Mems, in lead
ing editorial to-day, says the prospects
for peace have been much clearer aad
more amply confirmed within the last 48
hours. A Russian dispatch eonciliatory
in tone and substance was sent to the
government by telegraph after the Gar
had conferred with his ministers, and a
courier with an official written reply to
Earl Granville is now on his way to Lon
don. The Mems warns its readers, how
ever, against hasty conclusions that peace
is assured.
Earl Granville and the Duke of Cam
bridge at the Royal Academy banquet
spoke hopefully of peaceful settlement
of the difficulties Earl Granville had an
extended conference with the Queen
yesterday.
The Times urges that the advance upon
Herat by the Russians should constitute
dioiinnt 1.A1Is .,rttlA,,N F,,r Aln. 4
cate discussion.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.--The Russian
minister of war has ordered that the
mountain artillery corps of the Turkestan
army be modified Immediately. A
number of Cossack regiments have been
ordered to reinforce the troops in Central
Asia. 1t is reported that the Mediter-
ranean squadron has been ordered to
Reval. The Finland railway has been
commanded to prepare for the trausporta-
ton of 10000 gun charges and 30 mitrail
leuses. A German firm has been given
IN order to make 1900 pairs of boots
for Russian infantry.
BOMBAY, May 3.-The five Russian
men of-war which were recently reported
MS passing Alden have been seen OF this
harbor. 1t is believed that they are going
to Batayia for coal.
VARNA, May 3. The Porte hears thai
Russia is massing troops ut Odessa an,
Sebastopol and holding them in rendines,
to embark for place near the Bosphurll
if England attempts to force the DaGda
nelles.
TrENTsIN, May 3.-An English fleet has
occupied Port Hamilton. The Chinese
protest against this act as violation Of
the integrity of Corea.
CHICAGO, May A dispatch to the
Nens from London says: The govern
ment continues to give out large orders
for war stores of all kinds. The admiralty
is surveying additional steamers with
view of freighting or purchasing them.
Though the Russian papers are not so
outspoken as they formerly were, proba-
bly, in consequence of their governments
hints, it is well-known that Russia is
making strenuous efforts to increase her
armament.
The Indian banks have given notice
that they will not advance money against
shipments unless the unless the vessels
are insured ut war risks. The Indian
government is enforcing rigid economy
i'll all departments to meet the expenses
of war preparations in order to avoid the
levying of fresh taxes which would be
likely to disturb the native loyalty.
1t is reported that the Afghans of
Badakhshan have asked to be annexed to
Russia, and negotiations toward that OBJ
ject are proceeding through the Ameer of
Bokhara and the governor of Turkestan.
Many continental papers are still slep-
teal of peaceful issue of the dispute.
The Pesther Ll0yd says that q trihing
mishap on the Afghan frontier may ami
hilate all hopes of peace. The DeutSche
ZeitUng says that Russian diplomacy is
not as yet anywhere near the end of its
articles and tricks. Russia may again
and again put difficulty in the way Of
settlement, and perhaps Mt last openly
declare that she will make no concession
in the boundary question.
The London Standard in reference to
the Queens return, says that everything
has been done to drag the nation into
slumber, philters and rhetoric and adul-
alton having been copiously applied to
stupefy its conscience. Parliament par
ticipates in the sleep as it has partici-
pated also in the draught, but the crown
does not share in the general abasement,
and is, perhaps, watching for the restored
sobriety and returning manliness of the
nation.
ST.. PETERSBURG, May 4.-Though no
definite news of a rapprochement between
England and Russia has been received,
the war cloud seems suddenly to have
dissolved. The news that England has
not annexed Port Hamilton in the Japan
Sea gives feeling of relief.
LONDON, May 4.-The admiralty has
issued an order stopping the further
charter of ships of small capacity that
We're intended to be used for the trans
portation of troops. This order is re-
garded MS foreshadowing the stoppage of
all war preparations.
VARNA, May An the event of war,
the italian consul Mt Odessa will protect
the interests of the British subjects re-
naming in that city.
LONDON, May An the house of lords
this afternoon, Earl Granville, secretary
of state for foreign affairs in
answer to inquiries stated that
England and Russia had agreed
to renew the negotiations in Lon
don concerning the Afghan frontier
question, and that the details had been
arranged for the meeting of the delimita-
ton commission.
His lordship said that both England
and Russia had agreed that the difficulties
which had arisen from the Penjdeh Incl
dent should be submitted to full invcs-
tigation and reference to friendly powers.
LONDON, May 4.-Mr. Gladstone stated
in the house of commons this afternoon
that no communications had as yet
passed between Russia and England in
regard to the reported occupation of Port
Hamilton by England.
In response to question by Sir
Stafford Northcote, Mr.. Gladstone said
that all impediments in the way of
friendly prosecution of the correspon-
dence on the Afghan question between
England and Russia appeared to be
removed. The two governments he said,
We're now ready to refer to the sovereign
of some friendly state any difficulties
which may be found to exist in regard to
the agreement of the 18th of March, with
view to settlement of the matter in
mode consistent with the laws of both
states.
Continuing, Mr.. Gladstone said that
both Russia and England were prepared
to resume forthwith in London commune
cations on the main points of the line de-
limiting the Afghan frontier, but the de-
tails of the line would have to be exam
ined and tracked on the spot, in con-
formity with the conditions formerly
agreed upon. Russia, y said the premier,
''has expressed herself as willing to agree
to removal of the Russian outposts.n
Referring again to the subject of re-
sumption of communications in London
between England and Russia, Mr.. Glad
stone said that they would be much facili-
tated by the more full and exact knowl-
edge which the government now possessed
of the Ameer's views since the meetinn