Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-19

MARS in THE ASCENDANT
The English Premier Believed to DO
Playing Waiting Game in
Order 10 Take Breath.
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Russia Attempts 20 Negotiate Loan
With the Rothschilds but Her
Terms Are Not Accepted.
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The Rise and Fall Of War Talk
Largely Due TO tho European
Speculative Interest.
Meanwhile the Preparations Of War
Continue England Buys Part
Of tho CHILEAN Navy.
OUR oAsLs LnrrKR.
OUR uOuslN MnIrns wARfia

LONDON, April lS.--The prospect OF
peace may be delIsion. Many expe-
rlenced diplomats entertain a iirm
conviction that the apparent truce Il
taken 10y England merely 90 get
proper breath for effective action.
The very tirmness with which Mr..
Gladstone makes the statement and
the cold calculation with which
be phrases his utterances will
teEd 10 convince those who
know the premier well that he has
DETERMINED UPON A POLiCN
which, no matter how surprising IL
may be when announced, viii by no
means be one Of retrogression. Mr..
Gladstone has made come mistakes
during his ministry but he has always
on these occasions betrayed him
self by indeciaion and evRsiveness
in his parliamentary statements. IL
isqnite different with him now. no
all interrogatione In the house OF COM
moss during the past week the pre-.
mier has presented the very
PERFECTION or FiRMNESs
In reply. When the questioner de-
sired to know something which the
government was not ready to confide
to the public, Mr.. Gladstone has
etraightforwardly refused 10 give the
information ana has plainly based
his refusal upun the public
policy In nearly every other ease
the Liberal leader has been frank To
his constituents, fair to his opponents
and unimpassioned am truthful tothe
Iiuaoiana 10 osit, tal IL. o.s... ~
premier's enemies thn hts conduct
has been like that OF man strong In
the foreknowledgc abolt the result of
his cause, like that OF man
managing well good cause
with many ugly faatuea necessarily
attending the preliminary stages OF liz
progress. Mr.. Gladstone appears 10
have his entire case in hhsd; seems 10
be unembarrassed by prospects and
undoubtedly has the full sympathy
and cooperation OF
HIS ENTIRE CABINET.
As sporting man states Il. 6Mr.
Gladstone Is playing waiting game
and knows all the cardsn Ii would
appear from all this that the premier
has another coup d'etat prepared for
next weeks vote OF credit.
Hence, although all the sur.
face indications warrant the
statement that the prospect Is Que OF
peace the only description OF the
actual situation which can be given as
literally accurate IL contained In the
statement; THE situation IL prac-
tically unchanged or course, such
"A statement Is rather oracular, but 50
is the situation, for outside OF the cab
met
NO ONE SEEMS TO xNOw
just what IL is. IL may be set down
AS absolutely true that the rise and
fall Of war talk during the ten days
past has been largely due 10
the speculative money Interest in
making sales or purchases. Never ia
the history OF modern times has such
vast amount OF money been inter
eeted In the change Of public opinion
IN
a SINGLE NATION.
The enormous sums invested out and
out by Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Lon
don capitalists In Russian securities
and British coneols have compelled
n vast and powerful Interest
to maintain and spread good news.
The owners OF the millions Of idle
money IA London and In the conti-
mental bonrses seeking investments,
constitute on the other hand an equal
ly powerful class, whose interest 10 II
TO break values by securing and cireu-
lating bad news. This struggle to re-
tain against this battle 10 cell
HAS BEEN LARGELY REsPONsiBLE
for most OF the war news given To the
public. During the past fortnight
very little news has originated IN any
form from either the Russian or
English government. The Russian
generals are good and ambitious for
fame, but no one sup
poses they are market spectators.
England never had ministry
purer than the present cabinet. II Is
not only above suspicion, but out Of
suspicious reach. In Paris and Berlin
spectators hold large amounts Of
Egyptian stocks. These holders fear
that collapse would ensue In all
these stocks II England should be
COMPELLED 40 EvACUATE EGYrT
In order To strengthen her forces In
fighting Russia. Russia has been
the strongest possible
efforts 70 maintain her imam
clal credit In Europe. She
has recently announced that the new
tax on coupons will be collected from
Russian holders only. IL Is not yet
known what the result has been Of the
efforts Of the Russian government 70
negotiate a
LOAN WITH THE R0TBscHILDs.
II Is believed, however. that the Roths-
childs have declined Ruasia's terine.
Gen. Vonnouski. the Russian minis-
ter Of war, IL suffering from III health
and desires 20 retire. Gen. Abrut-
,heh rs named AZ his successor.
Zen. Nonnouski belongs 10 the peace
party ia Sc. Petersburg. Its not gem
rally believed that be 10 really ".
II IL suspected that II he retires y VII