The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-06-03
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS
Hrs. S. Rio de Janoiro. Dates to May 21st.
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

NEW YoKR, May 2l-The HeralFs varna
sJecial OF May 10th says: The war scare is
not over yet. Great ANXIETY has been occa-
stoned at the palace through reports that Rus
sian officers disguised have been inspecting
the Notifications Of the Dardanelles and Bos-
phurus and watching closely the Turkish pre-
partitions OF these waters. Indeed, fears are
entertained that Russia coniemplates rushing
for the Bosphorus should the crisis again he
come acute in Eastern affairs. Such action
has been openly advocated lately in the No
zoe Prculya in an article protesting Ito give
Nelidotf's views respecting the impossibilitv
Of preventing British fleet passing the Oar
danelles The article speaks Of the absolute
necessity OF obtaining the dismissal OF Woods
Pasha on account Of his nationality. 4 few
nights ago false alarm Of the approach of
the Russian squadron caused great excitement
at the mouth Of Bospborus The batteries
were manned and troops were hastily sent TO
re-eniorce the garrison. All the measures
proposed by the Turko-Gcrman Commission
are being actively carried out. Krupp has Just
received large order for rified mUrtars % be
placed on the heights of the Dardanelles.
LONDON, May 2O.-Advices from Tirpul
say that Sir Peter Lumden's advice TO the
Government was that, in view Of recent events
it was best to break up the commission, eav-
ing the Government itself to settle the ques-
ton with Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 2O.-The Gar will !
review the entire Russian feet between Cron-
stadt aud Sveaberg in June, when there will /
also be various maneuvers and coast attacks. |
The Amoo Darya Steamship Company is
formed Of Russian and German capitalists
The company intends TO open regular ser
vice between Balkh and the Aral seas and
bind itself, III the event Of war, 10 place its
steamers at the disposal of the Russian Gov
eminent for the transportation of troops.
Rumors are current here to the effect that
the Anglo-Russian negotiations have COL
lapsed. 1t is believed. however, that the ru-
mOrs originated with the war party.
The SpCi predicts au outbreak in Macedonia
and Bulgaria against the Turks and Greeks
which will set the whole Sclavan world in
flames. L
CALCUTTA, May 2O.-Afghan adyices re-
port that re-enforcements are continuously 90
ing from Candahar to Herat. 1t is expected
that the railway will be completed to !
Mulch in sixty days. Material has been or ,
dered sufficient to carry the line 10 Caudahar
There is no sign of relaxation Of military
work
LONDON, May lg.-The British Admiralty /,
have decided 10 have the combined naval re- Z
serve squadron, including fourteen first class +,
men-of-war, assemble at Portland and pro- I!
coed thence to Bautry Bay, Ireland, TO engage
in a naval demonstration Of extraordinary i'm
portance. Torpedo experiments will be car
ried on on q gigantic scale, and the demonstra- {
ton will conclude with a sham naval battle Of
a magnitude beyond any affair Of the kind ever I
heretofore undertaken.
The Afghan correspondence dealing with 3
the Penjdeh battle, including Sir Peter Lums-
dens dispatches subsequent thereto, will be /
presented to Parliament this week. +
ST. PETERSBURG, May 19.-Troops are be- b
ing massed for grand maneuvers and artillery Ii
practice at Krasnoe-Selo. The purchase of 4
two steamers has been authorized for the de-
Tense of Helsingfors, the capital of Finland.
Rigorous measures are being enforced for the
security of Cronstadt.
LONDON, MAY ls.-The House of Commons ="
entered into committee on the supply Of S.
36O, 600 on account of the vote Of credit. Lord L
Randolph Churchill moved a reduction of e. W
700 900 for the purpose of calling attention TO IL
Blue-Book on the Penjdeh incid- h
mt. he said the indignation aroused by the u
jerusal of the dispatches was not confined TO Il
be Tory party, but was shared by the pub a
ic at large and even by the Liberal newspa- T
,ers. Lord Randolph maintained that NJ. De f.
Tiers ndQ salu nutnlnE 70 Justify MI uldu- al
tones statement in Parliament that it had 4
zen agreed that no futher advance should be -
lade on either side. He declared that Glad :,
tones statement of March 18th was a fiction a
nd phantom, without the smallest justifca- -,
ion. After some further discussion Lord ~
randolph asked leave to withdraw his motion, -
'hich was rejected. II ~
In the House of Commons Gladstone, in an
wer to a question 10y Norihcote, sai6negotia-
ons with the Russians concerning the Afghan co
uestion are still unfinished, and on that ao tx
punt the Government is unable 10 presenta any
lore papers on the subject to Parliament Sc
ow. as it was difficult to separate those re- tn
ting to Akthe from those relating TO other Co
fairs belonging to the same question. mr.
Gladstone's reply to Lord Randolph Is,
hurchill was delivered amid continuous and r.
oisy Conservative Interruptions. When the W ~
oise reached its climax Gladstone stopped on siAi
II several minutes. Then in broken voice u ~
> remarked that this new kind of political q! Sl
arfare was of little matter to him, whose no
,rsonal presence was a question of months ral