The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-29
The Situation in Britain.

LONDON, March 2S.-There is q re-
markable lull in the war scare. In fact,
among the very sober minded, there is
no war scare at all Some of the fiery
jingos are beginning to ask themselves
what grounds they haye had for caus-
ing all the alarm Of the past week. The
first announcement of the Queens sum-
mons calling out the army reserves and
militia almost created a panic. 1t
aroused the nanonaI pugnacity thor
oughly. 1t made every fighting English
man ready to fight right away. The pug
nacity IS still up, but there is growing
belief that it is up for nothing. The
blood thirst is being Stacked with the
coolest kind of water. After putting
everybody IN fever heat of
excitement, by 3pringing, with
out notice, the call for reserves.
the ministry has now apparently
attempted to minimize the import of
Her Majesty's message by delaying to
state what number of militia and
reserves will be selected and put under
arms. Every effort is made to draw
the government out on this point, but
so far without success. But. the
ministers have allowed reports to be
circulated to the effect that no more than
$4,000 men are wanted. These reportshave
emanated from such good authority
and have been so persistently circulated
/. that 1t is now generally believed, and so
far, to use an American expression.
the thing has petered out. ;"
Twenty-Five thousand men are just
about enough to fill the vacan-
cies in the muster rolls caused by
the recent drafts for Egydtin
and Mediterranean stations. Some
people think there never was any dan
ger of an actual conflict with Russia,
and that the government was even try
ing to obtain a glory. credit with the
people for having inundated Russia,
by an act, which was admitted to be
enormously magnlfied in the popular
matter Of course and practic-
ally Insignificant. Gladstone has
replied to the most pressing
requests for information as to the true
import of the Queens summons, by
saying the government has decided to
postpone all statements upon that sub
ject until after Easter. This reply was
accompanied by the statement that
government hoped it would be able,
during the interval, to reach some ar
rangement with Russia. Taken either
as craftsmanship or hulnbug, the
Premier's evasion must be considered a
clever piece of work of its kind.
Lists of all men available for service
in the army reserves and militia have
been called for. The dockyard depart
ments have been officially notified to
hold themselves in readiness to supply
extra stores for military and naval ser
vice.
The Army and Nary Gazette blames
the minor news agencies for fomenting
war rumors. 1t charges them with
having circulated yarns about the
alleged hurried calling of ships, in
which stories, very often, ships actually
on duty on foreign stations have figured
as being ordered out. The military
garrisons of Ireland will be
maintained in full strength and may be
increased from the reserves. Agents OF
the Irish organizations have approached
the Russian Embassy in Paris with
offers of assistance in case wal
occurs between Russia and Eng
land. These agents propose to
England is engaged in Afghanistan
| anu W III Out pI1fdtCCIo III ALuC1lCd
and prey upon British commerce. All
| they ask is that Russia shall furnish the
Irish allies with means to carry out
/ their part of the bargain, and they
4 offer to work as cheaply as possibly.
0vertures to Turkey for an alliance
with Russia are still under consideration
| Diplomatic adviees from Athens anC
ConstaRtinople concur in corroborat
ing the truth of the report that secre
negotiations have been for sometime il
progress with Austria, Greece anC
Russia for new territorial arrangement,
with Turkey. Under this, Russis
is to obtain the annexation of Eas
Roumelia to Bulgaria, with an exten
sion of the principality east to Rou
| melia and the Egean Sea; Greece t.
I get that part of Macedonia with thu
frontier line across the Secos anG
\ Haleacton rivers to the mouth O.
4 the latter in the Gulf o.
Saloniea; Austria to obtain a new from
\ tier on the plains of Kossova, on the
western side of Mount Oreullos. alone
the river Strymon, to the Egean Sea
The centre of Austrian territory to be
4 part of Salonica. Russia also asks tC
be accorded the right to occupy the
forts on the Black Sea at the entrance
to the Bosphorus. The knowledge o.
the fact of these negotiations pending
has increased the chances in favor O
q consummation of an Anglo Turkish
alliance.
The "peace-at-any-price" members O
the Commons are circulating petition
to Gladstone, urging him to secure tn,
II submission of the Afghan dispute t.
arbitration. The petition is not getting
any names, except of the extreme radi
Gals.
! A MARYLAND wedding had to be post
a poned because at the last moment it wa
found that somebody had stolen tn,
marriage license.
Mrs. s. S. Cox is pretty, petite lad,
with a girlish figure and she wears he
dark HAIR in capoul bang.
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