Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-03
GRANVILLE AND DE GIERS
MORE OF THEIR CORRESPOND
ENCE MADE PUBLIC.

The Englishman Carries on the HOnOrs
of the Debate, But Failed to Derive
Practical Advantage From His Ar
Guments-Denmark's King to Act as
Arbitrator.
LONDON, June 2.-The NerS says that
England and Russia, being assured of the
King of Denmark's readiness to act as
arbitrator, have agreed to invite him to
arbitrate.
The second set of official dispatches re-
lating to the Afghan dispute are now
made public, and they throw much new
/ light upon the subject. Earl Granville,
on April II, wrote to Sir Edward Thorn
ton, the British Minister at Petersburg,
as follows:
"Baron de Staal, the Russian Minister
at London, informs me that he has re-
ceived "A dispatch from NJ. de Giers, the
Russian Foreign Minister, ascrbing the
collision at Pendjeh to the military aspect
of Sir Peter Lumsdeu's Boundary Com
mission, which, he says, encouraged At
CHAN pretensions." M. de Giers declined
to admit that Gen. Komarof provoked the
collision.
On April 10 Earl Granville wrote to
Sir Edward Thornton, declining TO admit
that Sir Peter Lumsden's Commission had
any bearing on the question, and retuting
NJ. de Giers' statement that English OIL
GERS had directed the Afghan attack. In
this dispatch the English Foreign Minis
ter said that England could not accept
Gen. Komarotf's account OF the affair as
final, and that both sides to this cOntro-
yersy must make every endeavOr to ascer-
tain the facts, which should be tried on
the basis of the agreement of March l6,
and justice done.
RUSsIA's FIRMNEsS.
Accordingly M. de Giers, in his reply to
this, declined to sacrifice the interests of
Russia or submit the Pendjeh affair to
further inquiry.
Earl Granville replied through Baron
de Staal proposing arbitration and the re-
sumption of the Afghan frontier negotia-
tions.
Baron de Staal said that he believed
that Russia would decline the proposal 20
submit the dispute TO arbitration, and that
even if Russia should admit the principle
she would intrust the task of arbitration
to no one but Emperor William of Ger
many, who would decline to serve. To
this Lord Granville said that England
had no objection to Emperor William as
arbitrator, and that he thought that If
both England and Russia should ask him
to arhitrate it would be impossible for him
to refuse.
At this point M. de Giers proposed to
neutralize the Pendjeh district, pending
the result of the Afghan frontier negOtia-
tlons, and Earl Granville stipulated that
both the Russian and Afghan soldiers be
Withdrawn from Peudjeh.
GRANVILLE WILLING.
| On May Earl Granville replied 20
! Baron de Staal agreeing To resume neg0tia-
tions concerning the Afghan frontier, and
to submit the Pendjeh dispute to the de-
csi0n of an arbitrator ii Russia and Eng
land found themselves unable To settle It
| otherwise.
The Times says the impression created
| by a perusal of this second batch Of
Afghan dispatches is that NJ. de.Giers
took measures TO quietly insure Russian
success, leaving the honOrs Of the debate
to Earl Granville, who busted himself
constructing most admirable arguments,
which, however, had an awkward habit
OF disappearing at the very moment one
expected them to issue forth in action.
There can hardly be a question that in
the whole controversy Earl Granville de-
mOlished every one Of the Russian argu-
ments and excuses, and arrayed on his
own side all the considerations of mOrali-
ty, aud then failed to draw any practical
conclusion.