The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-06
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PEACE OR WAR.
THE Chances About Equal as to
Whether Russia and England
Meet i'm Contest.
4 Long and Interesting Cable Letter
From Europe, Giving the
Present Situation.
Wars and RunnOrs OF Wars.

FROM Europe, Ulvlng Tie
Present Situation.
Wars and RumOrs Of Wars.
LONDON, May 2.-To-night the
Anglo Russian situation is one o.
uncertainty. There Is absolutely nt
war news, no peace news and nc
news of truce. No One-that is nc
one outside of Ministerial circles-is
warranted in drawing a conclusion
from this abnormal condition of af.
fairs. 1t should be borne in mind
shat, up to this moment Russia has
,iyan the RussO-Saxon reader not
one item of news. Russia has acted,
has advanced, has waged battle, has
taken territory, but has said nothing.
England has done all the talking;
has made all the explanations. Hence
the Car has no retractiOns 10 make,
but Gladstone's necessity for making
excuses has Deen so supreme that in
The effort to talk against blows last
Monday, he succeeded, without say
ing anything. in making
rHEGREATEsT SPEECH OF HIS LIFE,
and for making it got completely
.silenced opp ,sition, unlimited credit
and e55. 900 900 in cash. For forty
eight hours af,er the Prime Minis-
tiers marvellous grafton every"JiDgo"
in England was a Gladstone man and
every quaker prayed for him as a
IN an of peace. The war party was
sure he meant to wipe Russia out of
Asia. The peace folks said: "There
i,a statesman who re ealizes the value
of human life" After five days it is
found the Premier's address is still
au oracle. If it is to be peace, the
speech urged every honorable effort
to secure al honorable peace. II it Is
to be war the speech dwelt upon the
necessity Of
MAINTAINI<G BRITISH HONOR.
As it happens tonight hele, in
the very center of old world news,
$40 more can, with any degree of GER
tainty. he said than the Anglo Rus
sian situation is uncertain. 1t Ia
probable the situation will remain as
it is tonight until sitter the second
council at Gatschina. The London
newspapers, which often speak by
ministerial inspiration. began to dis !
larage Sir Peter Lumsden, the chief
of the British Afghan Boundary
Commission. It was Sir Peters |
word which Gladstone took upon
which to base the charge that Russia
had violated faith with England by
occupying Pul-i-Khist. Sir Peter
also furnished the report that the
Cars lr ops had advanced on Mer-
0chak. Both Of these reported &C.
ions constituted powerful elements
TIE WAR FEVER
Arnepg Englishmen. To-day it is
admitted that Sir Peter was mis-
taken. Ii is even HATED that lie was
"purposely mistaken" Some friends
OF the q ,vernment go so far as to
say that Sir Peter lied to his superb
Ors and that he lied with q purpose.
1t is Well-knuWn n that he belongs to
and sympathizes with the war party
in India. 1t is not quite so generally
, ~ sn l
prime pilly controlled by British
officers who have never had q chance
to distinguish themselves, and who
are anxious to win recognition
They see their opportunity in the
present Russian advance, and, it is
said, Sir Peter has been their spOkes-
nan. Therefore, if the Prime Min
s'er should come squarely out and
announce that England, in the Al
;lan controversy
HAS BEEN DECEIVED
,y English agents, many persons
you'd not be surprised. On the
,ther hand it Is said the Cabinet has
0und & ,Od reason to abandon their 7
varlike attitude and save themselves
~ sacrificing Sir Peter fDr furOish-
ng them with belIicO sentiments.
IL is It .ted on what appears t. be
god authority, that the report pub
lshed to-day to the effrct that Russia {
lad accepted England's proposal to
lave the question rs to whether Rus
ia. by fighting the ba' te Of the 3Olh Z
If March, had violated the agreement :
If the 18th Of March, submitted to G
is true. The announce ,
nent is also made that q conference t
Sir Edward Thornton, Brit {
sh EmbAssauor at st. Petersburg, q
md De liier., the Russi Minister I
# Foreign Affairs, il arranged for I
Monday next The chief result of Y
his Interview is expected to be ths t
of the /
FIRST POSITIVE INTIMATION
t what the Russian line of diplO- {
latic action is to be. Although
here exists in b ,th the British and :
tlsHan ministerial circles the belief Q
hat Lhe CO ference will lead to an .
agreement, still in nei' her +
rcle is the expectation entertained Z
hat the agreement. whatever it may
-, will embody any absolute accept d
nee of the f lgli-b proposals which c
ave been made concerning the At q
nan dispute. IL is thought the re- h
ut will be more British concessions 8
md other Russian advantages. That y
'ortion of the English press which y
las been the most agy essive and pes t
imistic is now the least aggressive d
na the most optimistic. Toe latest il
eliable aivices from ST Petersburg
lold out the idea that the sum total
I The diplomatic negotiations will
De
LONG DEFENSIVE NOTE
rom De Giers, in which that states .
nan will make no admission OF :,
wrong on the part of General Kom- :,
'Folf in his Afghan advance, and .
*hlch will suggest further negotla- =
inn, but 10 arbitration. While all !,
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