The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-17

Bourke, the Premier said that he had not been
present at the conversations referred to [jeersl,
but he had no reason to believe that any sugges-
ton or demand had been made by Russia up to
the present time
The ST. Petersburg correspondent of the Times
presumes that the Governor of Penjdeh will be
Saryk Turkoman.
The Times, in an editorial, argues that it is
impossible to ignore the Penjdeh incident
without throwing the Ameer into the arms
of Russia 'The government it says, "must
take account not only of the arguments of Euro
pean dip donates, but the state of feeling in
India and the engagements of the Ameer.
The responsibility Of giving Russia the full
benefit of accomplished facts on the frontier
would be heavy indeed. and possibly in regard
to one part of the matter we may not be entirely
our own masters"
The Standard, in an editorial, says: 1--WE
could tolerate delay in the negotiations if we
were satisfied that behind all the dila-
tory pleas advanced there lay any fixed
and sterling purpose but we have no
assurance that they are not welcome screen to
cover conscious feebleness" The Standard adds:
I'VE should like Lord Dufferin's private opin-
ion in regard to the question. can we depend
upon the Ameer in the event of warl'
The News, in an editorial referring to Mr.. Glad
stones denial of the cession of Pendeh to the Rus
sian government by England, says: Zone of the
alarm cries is therefore stifed for the present,
at least. The crisis, however, is one which rem
ders alarm excusable and not surprising. The
&e
swers is reassuring. We use the word,
naturally, in a limited sense. Even
if war be averted for season, we should still re-
quire to know the terms of peace before we
could be quite sure that war would not be better
now than later"
The active enlistment of volunteer reserves
commenced in India is expected to reach Sc, 600.
The wearing of uniforms is not to be compul-
sorry.
The st. Petersburg Novoe Vremya, referring
to the suggestion of German paper that Eng
land might treat Russian privateers as pirates,
thinks it is unlikely, but, if she did, Russia
could easily retaliate, English residents of St.
Petersburg. with their property, serving as a
pledge and guaranty that no injury will be in
fcted on Russian crews, except in honorable
warfare.
A Varna telegram states that Russia has
formally notified Turkey that she will consider
Turkish neutrality to imply the use of force to
block the passage of the Bosphorus and Darna-
neles.
General Sederholm, chief engineer of the
troops in Finland, has been summoned to st.
Petersburg
Plans are being prepared at Portsmouth for a
new type of man-of- war, with one turret, carry
ing 12O.ton gum also six breach and SIX ma
chine guns, and also six apertuIes for torpedoes.
If the plans are approved. the government will
| invite tenders directly.
The Times's Gulran correspondent denies the
existence of strong pro Russian party at Herat.
In northwest Afghanistan there may be some
people who would welcome any change, but
Russa's genuine friends are few.
The Frankfort Zeitung states that private tel
egrams received in that city from St Petersburg
allege that revolt has occurred in Herat agains,
the authority of Abdurrahman Khan, Ameer
of Afghanistan.
Karl Blind, the distinguished Revolutionist,
in refusing to attend conference of the Peace
Arbitration Association. to-day writes that he
is ardently desirous of peace wherever it can be
honorably obtained, but as the Cars govern
ment is manifestly showing such brutal violence,
and as its final aim is India, arbitration between
England and Russia would be useless. "a pro
posal to arbitrate," he says, would only have
the effect, apparently, of exhibiting timidity of
opinion in England, and would encourage
further aggression on the part of ruthless
despotism, which has broken the most solemn
pledges, as witness Khiva Merv, and the Afghan
frontier commission. England must make a
firm stand if India is not to be lost. 1t is a
question of action now, not question of words.
Only thirty persons attended the conference.