Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-01
INDIA's PEA g SECURE.
Hardly Doubt hut that Clash OF Arms
viii be Avoided.

LONDON, March 3l.-Ihe Delel mas De
come general th,.t the Russo-Afghan
question will beamicably adjusted within
few days tthe Stock Exchange this
feeling vas strongly manifested by an adj
vance in prices. Consols at noon had
risen 11s16 of / per cent. and the rest Of
the list showed an improvement.
Sir Stafford Nofthcote in the House Of
Commons this 4tlernoOn asked the
government if anything further had been
received from Russia concerning the
z CHAN nc p tiatiOIls. The Marquis OF
Hart. ifgtoh, wa Secretary, replied re-
fueing to give Gny Information and eX-
planning the reasons therefor. He assured
the House t. at he was not using any
mere conventional phrase, and was not liz
snired by any wish to evade discussion,
Wien he stated that the government de-
precated in IT, strongest terms all
attempts to induce the Ministers to enter
into aHy detailed statements at the pre-
sent time.
Premier Gladstone has gone to
Brighton, where he will remain
until the end Of the week. The
Ddily NetcS, in an editorial this morning,
saws: we desire cordial friendship with
Russia. Both England and Russia have
cigilizing task in Central Asia. A col
lisiOn or controversy is to be deprecated"
The Marquis Of Harrington, when re-
fusing in the House Of Commons to-day
TO discuss the relations with Russia, said
that the government deemed this attitude
necessary because both the matters Of
fact and policy which formed the subjects
OF discussion between England and Rus
STA were subjects concerning which the
strongest ana most sensitive feelings eX-
listed in England, Russia and India. In
regard to the continued military prepara-
tiOns the Marquis stated that these were
not being made as a menace to Russia,
nor even to influence the pending negotia-
tiQns.
The fourth Italian expedition to the
Red Sea is getting ready Tor its departure
as rapidly as possible, and it is announced
that II Will be prepared for any emergency.
This announcement is interpreted TO mean
that the course of the expedition may be
elsewhere than TO the Red Sea, should oc-
cast m demand.
Orders have been received at Malta to
at once prepare for commission the Brit
ish war vessels Thunderer, Orion, Dee
and Don.
FAwNING BEFORE THE AMEER.
Abdurrahman, Amer of Afghanistan,
has arrived at Rawal Pindi. He was re-
ceiVed at the railway station by sir &. u.
Atchison, Lieutenant Governor of Pun
jhub, with a most imposing military de-
monstrati ton and escorted to the Cover
nor's residence, the entire route being
lined with massed troops. The weather
was rainy, and this somewhat marreG the
pageant. At the Governors residence
the Ameer was welcomed by the Earl of
Duderin. The Ameer has evidently been
much impressed by the grandeur of the
reception accorded him.
Baron de Staal, the Russian Ambassa-
H. l.
substance of the telegram from NJ. de
Giers regarding the Afghan frontier. The
government will withhold information on
this subject from Parliament until the
preliminaries have been settled for a
meeting of the joint boundary commits
sion.
THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE.
1t is reported that Earl Dufierin, Vice
roy Of India, is negotiating with the
Amer of sAfghanistan for formal treaty
recognizing a British prOtectorate over
Afghanistan until peace is assured. The
existing orders for the fitting out of a
naval reserve, the purchase Of transports
and the dispatch of reinforcements 10
India are being carried out.
Dispatches received here this afternoon
from TeheTan confirm the report that the
Russians advanced their outposts to
Witsin. eighteen miles from PeDjdeh, on
March %.
At a public military banquet lately
given by the Russian officers at Odessa
the talk was exceedingly warlike. Every
sentiment indicating an approach of
actual hostilities with England was loud
ly applsCded, and a toast to "a speedy
and bloody war" was cheered to the echo.
RUssIA's WORD OF WARNING.
st. PETERSBURG. April l, > A. M.-The
morning papers here have adopted very
pacific tone. The Sect warns the English
Government not TO count too much upon
the friendship Of the Ameer and Asiatics,
whom, 1t says, Russia understands better
than England.
ARMOUR CO.'S BIG ORDERS.
CHICAGO, March 31.-The Armour
Packing Company, of this city, has re-
ceiyed additional cable orders from the
British War Department for the ship
ment OF 100000 pounds of canned meats,
the destination being Woclwich.