New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-17
GLADSTONE RIDICULED.
,,,s EXPLANATIONS MET WITH LAUGHTER


ur HAS no DOUBT THAT RUSSIANS N'o
pEu-oYFiCAL pENiALs. r,,so
ii "a MIR Gladstone. in the House
cs.,n,nns this afternoon. answering htefros"
- soid that the Government hfd no io''oi
,vha,ever 10 believe that any such demand nau O.on
',',;s,.d "a that reported Of Russa's demand lor
Penideh. coo.otorv and
-, Coneervative Member for Lyme-kegis'
asked whether Baron de staal. Russian AmoaSSaoor
o.Iondop had suggested part OF the terms oi I'LL
Anglo Russian understanding. that PenJueh DC an-
nexed to Russia uoosor
Mr. Gladstone answered: Ihere IL no io"'O
whatever TO believe that any such demand mas o'eh
80 No assurances have been given or received
by either Government regarding a"y
point on the Afghan frontier
Mr. Gladstone in answer to other questions CON-
cerning the Afghan difficulty denied the stors pu1
Ished in The Daily Telegraph to-day. 10 tho onoe'
that the Car had officially expressed the opihoi
that war would be deporabe to both countries anu
the hone that prompt and simple arrangement
would be established. ~
Mr.. Gladstone said that there had been lrienu,s M
conversations Ilaughtor between Earl "rahVnio
and the Russian Ambassador and Others compe'e"'
TO assist but no assurances had been gwen Vi 'o-
ce,ved regarding points ON the disputed frontier.
I'll
I;sbed an administration in Penjdeh.' lLaughter.l
Tn answer to Mr. Bourke, the Premier said that
he had not been present at the conversations IT.
ferred 10 IJeersl He had reason 10 oelleve that
onv suooest,on OF demand had been made by Russia
up to the present time
Henry Campbell Bannerman. Chief Secretary Tor
Ireland, in reply to qustion by MI Parnei' as W
the Governments attitude concerning the attack
nv the police upon Irish members OF Parliament AT
Mallow. at the visit Of the Prince and PrEceSs Vi
Wales. said that the Government justihed the ponce
in what they did upon that occasion as warran'eu
Inv the circumstances. MIR. Parnel thereupon asked
tor a (;overpment inquiry under oath lIto the
affair he Chief Secretary promptly rcplieu tiit
the Government declined TO order any snch n.y.
Marquis of Salisbury, Conservative leader' III .no
House of Lords this afternoon, said that the GOV
ornment had not vet received from Sir fctef
! nmsden an answer to their request for report
nnon the correctness of General konarof1 st0ry o
tie Penideh incident. Lord Granville adder lnaL
he did not believe that Rus la had yet rocelveu any
renlv from General KomarOff TO the Cars request
for further explanation OF the reasons "HiGn "d 'n
duced linn to attack the Aighnns: elr Eamru ,a,ro
Thornton. British Ambassador at 81. fetersonrg,
had telegraphed that t was unlikely that husSa
would receive General Komarofs reply for some
days yet . o.. NJ Glad.
stones denial If tho cesson of Pcndeh 10 the hus-
sian Government by England says, One OF tns
alarm cries is therefore silcnccd, for the present M
least. The crisis, however, is one which
renders alarm excnsable and rot surprising. The
general effect of the Governments answer rs re-
assuring We use the word naturally. ina limited
sense Even il war be averted for season, we
should still require to know the terms OF settle
ment before we could be sure that war Wouiu noV
be better row than later" NJ,
The korniag Post regards the answers gwen MI
Gladstone and Earl Granville IN Parliament yesIer-
day as emlnently unsatisfactory. Neither OF theh,
il saws can be induced to reply yes or
no toauestions, whether st. Petersburg and MerV
are connected by telegraph not The Post IN
A. . %ao Rt1cc
cate with { eaeral Komaroh within twe1ty-four
hours 1t concludes: "Russfa. OF course, requires
no assurances that she may keep PenJde6, whlch
she has already seized.s ,t,, -,
The Standardin In an editeral says: "We could Io!11
crate DELAY In the N gotlatons If VIC weIe satSilcd
that behind all the diatory pleas advanced there lay
any fixed and sterling purpose. but we nave no
assurance that thev are not a welcoIic screen -
cover conscious feebleness. The STANDARD asks
whether it is possible that England can
ally, and whether these doubts as to his temper ex-
plain the eminently judicial forbearing spirit
We should like Lord Duferin's
private opinion IN regard to the matter. What is
there to prevent the Ameer's thinking that he viii
have Russia as a friend also J. lie was Russias
friend before lie was ours"
The Times in an editorial argues that 1t is impos
sble to ignore the Penjdeh incident without
throwing the Ameer into the arms of Russia
.'The Government" IL says, must take account
only of the argumen of European diplomats but
of the state of feeling in India and the engagements
Of the Aneer. The responsibility OF
accomplished facts on the frontier would be heavy
indeed, aud possibly in regard to one part OF tue
matter we may not be entirely cur own masters"