The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-05-18

frontier and Russian troops occupy
the debatable territory These are
the facts, and the average Briton
grows impatient when an attempt is
being made To be little their import
ance or obscure them with cloud
of words.
INSECURITY.
The position of affairs is so in
volved in doubt and uncertainty as
to create general feeling Of in
security. The arbitration is regard
ed in the light of farce. The
opinion is freely expressed that the
cabinet will have its hardest pro-
blem to solve when it comes to
formulate its statement of the
PRECISE POINTS
TO be submitted to the arbitrator.
De Stael, the Russian ambassador,
proposes to abandon the arbitration
scheme should an investigation into
the facts of the Penjdeh incident
confirm Russla's Interpretation of
the agreement of March 18th. Gran
vile favors this proposal, provided
Russia will give pledges
NOT TO ADVANCE
any further into Afghanistan, but
Russia will do nothing of the kind.
Her possession of Penjdeh it is be-
lieved, has only whetted her appe-
tite, and given her more varacious
determination to gobble up the
Afshans. The Times doubts the
existence of any document or des-
patches respecting the Anglo-Rus-
sian agreement of March 10th suf-
ticiently definite for the purpose of
arbitration. Referring to the re-
port that Herat is not mentioned in
these negotiations, the thunderer
says,-"If the Government thinks
the fate of Herat may be left to the
caprice of the Ameer, the treasury
of the local Governor or the success
of pretender, the Ministry had
better tell the country their opinion
and either
GIVE PLACE TO OTHERS.
more far-seeing, or abstain from
Boosting of their money prestige and
half-hearted measures, which deceive
nobody and, least of all, Russia. -
Russia refuses to pledge herself not
to occupy Herat, and Russians in
London, who are intimate with the
embassy, assert that it will be easy
for Russia to obtain the assent of the
Amer to a Russian occupation, and
that when the local tribes or the
Heratese ask for the protection OF
the Gar, Russia will be bound tc
incorporate them in her dominions
All who are acquainted with the his
tory of Russian aggression, fully un
derstand the purport of these senti'
ments. 1t will not be an exceedingly
difficult matter for Russian intrigue
among the Afghans to bring abou
the required application. The Stan
dard says: Herat is now the mail
question. A Russian pledge, how
ever binding, which would only re
lieve us from diplomatic squabble
ought not to prevent us from taking
action to forestalf eventualities.
AN ORDER CANCELLED.
At a Cabinet Council of 9th May
the Admiralty was directed to canoe
orders issued to provide for the con
veyance of 1900 British troops t,
India. Three steamships were char
tered for the purpose and were read,
to sail.
The war credit vote asked by tn
Gladstone Ministry, amounting t.
100000 pounds stg., passed tn
House of Commons by large ma
jority on the 4th.
In the House Of Commons (Ma,
5th) Mr.. Gladstone in answer to
question, stated that Sir Pete
Lumsden, of the British Afghal
Boundary Commission, and Colone
Stewart had been ordered to com
home Immediately, and in answer t.
the question how it was that Lums
: den was recalled by England, an
General Komaroff retained there b.
Russia, said Lumbsden had bee
employed in purely civil capacity
while Komaroff was commander @
the Russian forces, and that Lums
den had not been recalled, but ha
been consulted on the subject, and i
conformity with his own views, ha
been requested to return to England
as it had been decided to carry O
in London future communication
; with Russia about the main point
' in the Afghan frontier line"
ALLIANCES.
A special to the New York ST.
of May End says,-''England no,
| seems certain of the support q
, Italy, Turkey and Spain"
AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.