Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
RUSSIA'S GREATTRIUMPH
ALL THE WORLD CONSCIOUS OF
JOHN BULBS DEFEAT.

Pendjeh's Cession Considered a Fatal
Error in India-The Conservatives
Still Determined to Carry Through a
Vote of Censure-Granyille's Conduct
of the Negotiations Considered Very
Weak.
LONDON, May 1.-THE final instalment
of the Granville-De Giers dispatches on
the Afghan dispute, will be issued
during the Whitsuntide recess Of Parlia-
ment. The Conservatives will postpone
parliamentary action until all the papers
are presented. The publication of the
first dispatches engrOsses the attention of
political clubs. The dominant feeling
among the Liberals is that Earl Gran
ville's conduct with respect TO
the negotiations was weak and that
he failed to perceive M.
de Giers' intentions until the news of the
seizure OF Pendjeh by the Russians was
received.
The Liberal paper (the O5se,ver) says
that the dispatches chiefly show the cyn-
cal humOr with which Russia pursued
her aggressions. On Parliament resum-
ing the Right Hon. Robert Bourke in the
House of Commons and the Marquis of
Salisbury in the House Of Lords will pro-
pose a vote of censure against the gov
ernment. The intention is to make the
debate the last party demonstration before
the close of Parliament.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENTS PUBLISHED
The RusSkij Inyaltd, of St. Petersburg,
publishes the correspondence between
Gen. KOmarOff and Saib Salar, and that be-
tween Col. Zakrejevsh and Capt. Yates
from March 26 to April 6. Also the memor-
andum from NJ. Talroff, the Russian agent
at Kechan, dated April 8. The dis
nQfnhQG W q ] in
treat mostly of events already known.
N. TairOf states that after the arrival of
the Russians at Dashkepri Cant. Yates
requested the Sarik TurcOmans to accept
military service, promising their pay
ment. He also says that before
the Russians arrived the Afghans had
occupied Aktepe, and that although they
daily sent company of troops across to
protect the bridge, the Atghans had 40
fortified positions on the left bank of the
Kushk river. The Afghan force numbered
5000 men.
Grand Duke Vladimir is going to Arch
angel.
The cruiser Vestnik has been ordered
to the Pacific station.
The Daily NelCS asserts that the differ
ences between England and Russia con-
cerning the Afghan frontier are OF only
secondary importance and do not impertl
q settlement.
IL is reported that England has ordered
200 torpedoes, to cost $1,000 each, from
the firm of SchazekOtf, of Berlin.
A DRY DOCK FOR CEYLON.
The government has ordered dry dock
capable of holding the largest Ironclad,
to be built at TrincOmale, CeylOn.
The DdiIV NelUS says that the hitch in
the negotiations between England and
Russia caused government securities to
fall ~ points after steady rise during
the Week.
The HindO Patriot, published at Cal
cutta, describes the Pendieh affair as an
insult England would never have taken
from any other power than Russia, eX-
cept, perhaps, Germany or America.
Other English and native Indian papers
deplOre England's surrender to Russia.
The Calcutta EBqliShn1aa learns that
1akoob Khan considers the cessiOn of
Pendjeh TO Russia a fatal error on the
part Of England and the Ameer.
The Times, referring to the Afghan
papers, says that much useless c0rrespOn-
dence and mischieV0us irritation would
have been avoided if the government had
discovered earlier that the Ameer did not
want Pendieh
The work Of increasing the strength Of
the forts and harbors On the Black Sea has
been resumed. a number of artillerists
from st. Petersburg will take part in the
work.
ARREST OF A BRITISH CONSUL.
BERLIN, May 17.-Tbe Auegemaine
Zettung has a dispatch from Constanti-
nople saying that the British Consul at
BatOum, during a recent journey to KaTs,
was arrested by Russian police while
sketching at port on the Caspian Sea.