The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-31
FOREIGN NOTES.

Mr.. Gladstone's great speech on the vote OF credit
reminds the Saturday Rcrie,o that Macauley wrote
of Marlborough that" with n certain elevation OF
language which was sure mark he was going to
terminei to 10 his duty To Heaven and his counry."
The Rerier thinks the unanimous vote was obtained
by Mr. Gladstone on false prctenses
Bidct,cood makes statement which lttrue shows
that the British Ministry ought TO have been turned
out long ago. II says that after the bombardmcnt
OF Alexandria there WAS not powder enough IN the
Meet nor even In reserve IN the depots and arsenals
OF England 10 repeat the operation, the supply
having been allowed 10 dwinde in order TO Keep the
budget down, so that ministers could make good
financial showing.
The Amcer Of Afgnansiau was amuslngly out
spoken during the recent Durbar lie does not I'M
derstand, the Times or India tells us, the COM
paccncy of the English In allowing the native
princes to have armies of their own. lie was told
that they are occasionally useful TO us and had In
fact, taken part In the last Afghan war. "Ahl and
"No; they kept our lines OF communication open In
the Kurrum Valley" "Did thcys should have
Ills IIgGness evidently does not approve ihc idea OF
having armies within armies.
The liberal Spectator has grave doubts about tho
arbitration II says. 1--WE fear the mutual with
drawal will be silently abandoned; and II so, the
situation VIII be this. Russia will have consented
Khisti incident; hut she will not only keep all the
territory tnat Incident gave her, but she will keep In
In the field, which prestige is considerable.
We want peace which will last and we believe
that the irst condition of that peace Is that Russian
agents snail be aware that they must treat England
as they would treat Germany or Austria; that their
claims, u they have claims. must be settled by dpo-
OF the question"
correspondent OF the st. Petersburgcr zeif,uO,
writing from Cronstadt, proposes the following plan
OF campaign to protect the Baltic: "The character
OF the operations" he remarks, "will he very liler-
ent from that OF the tactics employed during the
Improvement in artillery. There will he ihree aims
to keep In Views First, to detain an English squadron
nt the entrance TO the Finnish Gulf as long as possi
be secondly, not TO abandon any Island which can
and thirdly, to use the Gulf OF Riga as the base Of
tween The Baltic ports % and the Finnish ISLANDS op Sp
posite is not more than fortyive versts and across
this barrier can easily be made by sinking torpedoes
and making use OF torpedo notllla, no that tho
enemy Will he unable to pass without the loss of
several ships. And thus, by the time they get to
Cronsadt. provisions and coal will begin to fail.
Russian troops should occupy and defend all the
Islands against every attempt OF the enemy to
qnlre footing anywhere as ia depot. The twenty
versts across the most dangerous entrance to the
Gulf OF Finland should be projected by torpedOes,
aud Russian men-o-war could Issue from this
OF Dago and the mainland of Esthonia, In order to
arass the enemy. In this way no transport of coal
gnting. The The English feet would thus be- preyened
from doing anything very serious without the risk
OF losing most of Its vessels and thousands OF men,"
Mr.. Ashmead Bartlett in recent Interview says:
OF course the seizure OF Herat by Russia would be
cdsus 6eiii, but whether should send an army to
llerat to drive the Russian out is another matter.
The Russians IN Six months could concentrate
100000 men there, and whom have we TO send against
them" The GhOorkas are perhaps the only native
regiments we could match against the Russians.
Our rule by Its very excellence enervaes the races
whom we conquer. The warrior becomes hus-
bandman The slkhs are not now the men they
n tr lnuh A far
ploying Madrasscs or Bombay regiments against
The men who sacrificed 100000 lives to capture
llevna, the idea Is absurd. The Russian IL u pa
ticnt tighter, stubborn and courageous, anu he
makes conquered races his most potent instruments
OF conquest WHO stSrmed orr kars. Clrcassan
leiTs troops ut Geek Tepe? Daghestanis. Aud
what Russia has done in the Caucasus she viii do
100000 Of the finest horsemen In the world, and
then, In three years time, she will! launch Them,
against The frontier i Of India. "ut INV In what son
dton," asked the Interviewer, "will 100000 Turko-
mans be when @ they arrive a. the Indian side Of
Shah, who last century marched 10000 men from
Teheran through Herat and Candahar to Delhi,
Bartlett thinks a great mistake was made by the
English when they evacuated Candahar, which, he
holds, should be the fortress outpost OF India He
calls Mr. Gladstone the "arcll- priest Of Humbug"
and considers Russia "the scOurge OF mankind"
Vienna continues the only European capital in
which friendly words about England are heard.
Here as elsewhere Mr.. Gladstones management OF
foreign relations Is condemned. Such q Cabinet,
observes the Presse, commands no confidence. 1t
Is dlscreded in Its own country and stands without
any authority before the world Surprise has been
created by Mr.. Gladstone's self-contdent language,
and there Ia some scepticism touching the diplO-
matte successes by which the Premier has under
taken within u few days to justify his proud bear
ing. It Is remarked that Russia, having been the
victor In the diplomatic encounter, can now afford
to he magnanimOus by making q few trivial conces-
papers contemptnonsly, "will he pulled out by Mr.
iladstones great voice 80 as to look like something
The Wiener IiieJeniefne Zeitung Is convinced that
under any Cabinet, Liberal or Conservative, which
had practical English statesman and not dreamer
at Its head the foreign affairs of Great Britain could
never have been 30 sadly mismanaged. 1t adds:
"snch Cabinet would have preserved the friend
ship OF Central Europe and of Turkey, so as to he
able VI any time to resist Russia with assured ad-
vantage. such a Cabinet would not have UNDER
taken the war In the Sondan too late and with in
sufficient forces. Above all 1t would have UNDER
stood the Importance in times OF universal arna-
ments IKE these Of mailltanng the naval deienses
Ministry Is not only ministry OF re-
treats-retreat is often good pollcy-bnt one of
aeieas nss ana m r In T
rendered piece of English authority quite need.
lessly. Happily the signs OF strength which indi-
vidnal sons OF England continue to give show that
the marrow OF the nation Is the same that ever 1t
was. Gordon and wolseley and his men have
proved that the Anglo.SaxOn t0ughness, sense OF
duty, and Intelligence are not lost; and we may be
sure that those frontiers which the present Cabinet
has suffered to be pushed back viii be defended
some day with invncible spirit by Engshmen act
ing under government which will better represent
the qualities and traditions OF their race"
Commenting on the Afghan policy Of the govern
ment the London Times says: 1t was not Lord
Dufferin's business to express an opinion on the
method adopted for settling the difference on the
point of honor but arrangements on the frontier
which, inevitably or otherwise, have brought the
Russian outposts close to Herat have a momentous
bearing upon the interests OF India, and must largely
nntn hnns tnrfh m N m m
at Calcutta. MIR. Gladstone stated that convention
with Russia wOnld be concluded as soon the nego-
tations were finally completed. This instrument,
we must suppose, will include guarantees for the
safety of Herat, and for the integrity OF the new
frontier secured to the Afghans. But no light will
since the convention 10 TO be delayed till all other pOr
ti0ns OF the business have been nally disposed Of
In those papers, however, we ought to ind not only
the Official records of the Interviews between the
Ameer and the VlcerOy aI Rawnl Pindi and Lord
Duiferins report thereon, but some account OF the
measures TO be adopted In presence OF q new and
permanent danger. What, We have right to ask,
has the Ameer pledged himself TO do for the defense
OF Herat against Russian coup de mdinf What
right OF control has he recognized In the govern
ment OF India? no what point are British forces TO
regulations for their further movement In case Herat
should be seriously threatened? Untl Parliament
Is placed In possession Of some definite Information
on these points II cannot be determined how far the
acquisition by Russia Of tho dsSatablee land
OF honor II the arbitration Is to be restricted TO
the Interpretation Of the solemn covenant, an the
Russian journals confidently assert and AZ no
minister undertook to deny last night the less said
about II the better. The abstract question 10 be
submitted to the arbitrator Ia one In which we do
not profess 10 feel any lively interest The moral
effect OF Gen. KOnmrofs aggression will not he
done by decision In our favor on that point, In the
Improbable event OF an umpire being found for the
sense favorable to England. Lord Randolph
Churchllls declaration that he would have welcomed
the announcement OF the government y II had con-
veyed the iidngs Of lasting and durable peace rep
resents the conviction OF many who do not usually
Nv this has been will he little better than suspei-
sion OF arms, which will entail upon this country the
cost OF neessant preparations and vigilance, under