McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-23
INDICATIONS OF Il CONFLICT.

FIJI the Differences Bet,ceen England and
Russia Hare to be adjusted by the S,cOrd?
London dispatch: The war office is over
whelmed with offers of service sent in by the
army, militia and volunteer officers. The re-
cruiting depots in London and the provinces
are daily besieged by men anxious to enter the
military service in view of the prospect of war
with Russia. Suitable applicants are being
accepted as rapidly as can be arranged. All
the admirals of the British navy have been
notified to hold themselves in readiness for
active service. A special injunction has been
sent by the admiralty to Vice Admiral Lord
Hayes commanding the British squadron in
the Mediterranean, to hold himself and his
fleet ready for service. A very determined and
grave position has been assumed by the Eng
lish government toward Russ a concerning tue
Penjdeh incident The ministry, it appears,
have been coerced by the aggressiveness of
public opinion into a tardy but evidently de-
termined attitude of pugnacity. At first Mr..
Gladstone satisfied himself with demanding of
Russia an explanation of Gen. Komaroff's at
tack upon the Afghans. He felt sure, it is
stated that Russia was sincerely DESTROYS OF
peace and would discountenance the action
of their commander. No matter how
thoroughly he might have represented
party. But when the car answered that he
would explain to England as soon as Gen.
KOmaroff explained to him, the British pre-
mier was forced to conclude that the car was
triling to gain time. To-day. therefore. Earl
Granville British foreign minister, advised
Baron De Staal Russian ambassador to Lon
don, that the Brit sh government had decided
that whatever the nature tie Russian eXplana-
ton of Gen. Komaroff's action might be,
Great Britain would not allow any further dis
cussion of the deimit alton of the Afghan
frontier to 90 on until the Russian troops have
been withdrawn from their pre- sent outposts
in the disputed territory back to the positions
which they occupied at the time England ap-
pointed her part of the commission to adjust
the Afghan frontier. AS this was nearly a
year ago, and as almost all the Russian adj
vance has been made in the interval, it is dif-
ficu,t to believe that Russia will seriously at
tempt to reach an amicable understanding.
Count Won Munster, German ambassador to
London, Is given as authority Tor most
significant utterance on the part Of the min
listers of the British government The Ger
man minister states that at con ference upon
the Afghan question held yesterday, Earl
Granville declared that England had declared
that it was impossible to consent to continu-
ance of diplomatic discussion with Russia I'M
less England was guaranteed security against
having the results of the controversy imper-
illed by coll sions on disputed frontier such
events as has occurrt d on the kushk, England,
Lord Granville said, must refuse to accept
Russia's assurance that she desires peace I'M
less the assurance was accompanied with the
withdrawal to line drawn from Tepi 10 Sari-
Yasi. At the German and Russian rnbasSy
here the opinion is expressed that the dispute
between the car and Great Btitain has actu-
ally reached it's final phase in diplomacy. NJ
De Gierrs, Russian prime minister, through
Baron De Staal, has offered to abanion the
Russian proposal to extend the line of the de-
L r.
clude the Parapamisous mountains, and recur
to the line suggested in the Lessar proposals.
This offer on the part of the Russian premier,
while apparently containing concess on, is
CONSIDERED to be really used to modify the eff
fects of Gen. Komaroff's attack and to give