St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-08
The Ameer of the Coveted Country Cares
Little Whether He Fights Russia
or England.
Large Bodies of Russian Troops Said to Be
Moving Toward Merv and
Maimena.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach Lays Out the
Program of the House of
Commons.
No Action to Be Taken on the Grimes
Act--GIadstone Talks on the
Situation.
Frontier Troubles.

| LONDON, July 7.-The Standard prints
adviceS from a reliable source in India in
regard to the recent events in connection
with the Afghan frontier trouble. The
Standards correspondent asserts that the
ameer of Afghanistan attaches little value
| to the friendship OF either England or Rus
| sia. The ameer considers Lord Dufferin
stingy. He had expected from the English
representative much larger subsidy of
money and arms than those which have
been given him. The correspondent says
the ameer, in giving arms and food to his
| subjects, first eXacts the condi-
ton that they will fight, if
called upon, either the English
or the Russians. A pilgrim from Afghan
Turkestan reports a feeling of extreme dis
satisfaction against the ameer'S rule exist
ing among the officials there. He declares
that these officials are ready and willing to
join Russia or lsia or Istak Khan. 1t is
also reported that the governor of Afghan
TurkeStan has opened quiet negotiations
with Russia, and it is asserted that in this
course he had the permission of the ameer,
but this is doubted. Large bodies of Rus
sian troops are moving toward Merv and
Maimena. A dispatch from Tif1iS by way
of st. Petersburg states that the Russians
are sending field hospitals to the tTanS-CaS-
plan territory.
| IN THE COMMONS.
| In the house of commons this evening the
| Right Hon. William Henry Smith an
nOunced that the government will propose
a vote of thanks to the troops engaged in
the recent SOudan campaign. Sir Richard
AshetOn Cross, home secretary, in reply TO
| Mr.. Bentinck's question as to whether the
Pail Mall Gazette could be criminally prose-
cuted for its scandalOus publications, said
| 4be no tod hIri iVlio
ment in the usual way.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the
exchequer, replying to Mr.. Charles Nc
| Laren, (Advanced LiberaD said he could see
no reason why Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
| should not go on a special mission to
| Egypt. There was reason to believe that
! Sir Henry was agreeable to the khedival
| government. Mr.. McLaren thereupOn
gave notice that he would introduce mo-
ton declaring it was expedient to entrust
Sir Henry with the mission in question.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach moved that the
government have precedence in the buSi-
ness of the house on Tuesdays and Wednes-
days. He deprecates the idea of the mo
| tion being regarded as one of confidence in
| the government. 1t was simply proposed
and submitted for the convenience of the
| house, to enable the house to transact the
remaining business of the session as quickly
as possible. The government had no de-
| sire to screen It's policy and actions
| from criticism, but the main business now
should be the subjects of supply and ways
and means, which business was very back
i ward. In addition to the budget the gov
ernment intended to proceed with the con-
sideratiOn of the federal council bill, the
Australia and East India loan bill, the Irish
educational endowment bill and the secre-
| tary for Scotland bill. The government,
the chancellor said, was also extremely anx-
ious to deal with the very important
IRISH LAND BILL,
| but it would be impossible to pass this
measure at this period of the session, if it
met with opposition. The government did
not intend to renew the crimes act. In re-
gard to this measure Mr.. Gladstone had
said the Liberal government intended to re-
new certain salutary provisions, but the
speaker was unaware of the nature of these
provisions, because he had found no trace
| whatever of any bill having been prepared
| by the late government. Cheers. The
| government, the speaker continued, did not
propose to proceed with the Crofters bill. or
other contention bills, but it thought the
medical relief disqualification bill ought to
| be dealt with soon. Portions of the crimi-
nal law amendment would also become law
this session, if the house granted time for
| the motion, because he thought it was de-
sirable to speedily wind up the business of
the session. In regard to the foreign policy
Mr.. Gladstone said he believed it was the
| duty of the late government to support the
| present government in the prosecution of
| important national aims. The statement
was in the main correct that
RUSSIA HAD PROMISED
| the Zulfcar pass to the Eameer. The gov
| ernment, Mr.. Gladstone said, would have
his best support in all reasonable efforts to
bring that question to a settlement In
regard to the Egyptian question Mr.. Glad
stone admitted that the government ought
| to avoid committing itself, and should be
allowed time in which to obtain the fullest
and best advice. The question of finance
was of first Importance to Egypt, and until
it was settled nothing could be done. Mr..
| Gladstone, in commenting on Irish affairs,
| said he regretted that a controversial matter
had been introduced in this debate. As
matter of historic justice he mentioned that
at the very time the Liberal party proposed
| the coercive measure, that measure was ac-
| companied by remedial measures. The
government, he said, incurred great re-
| sponsibility in abOlishing aathe crimes act.
| 1t was not the business of the opposition to
wish the government to fail. If the gov
eminent could protect the property by
means Eof ordinaryElaw, he wished it God
speed. Lord Randolph Churchill thanked
Mr.. Gladstone for the conslderate recep-
ton of the motion of the chancellor of the
J exchequer. Lord Randolph disclaimed, on
behalf of the government, any response
| bility for the evacuation of the Soudan.
He saw when the government assumed
Office the order for the evacuation had been
carried out and could not be reversed.
Sir W. Hart Dyke, chief secretary for
Ireland, replying to Mr.. Lewis, who disap-
proved the abandonment of the coercion
act, said Ireland had been brought
into such condition that there
could be no comparison between
its present state and that existing when
the crimes act was passed Finally Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach's motion was adopted
by vote of Isl to 2, and the house went
into committee of supply.
General Notes.
LONDON, July THE policy of the new
government, as outlined by the Marquis of
Salisbury in the house of lords yesterday, is
not regarded in France and Germany as
altogether reassuring, and his statement had
the effect of causing weak feeling on the