Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-03-27
Grim visaged War.

LONDON, March 26.-The Queen has
j. sent message to the House Of Com
mons calling out the British reserves
and the British militia for per
manent service.
In accordance with the Queens mes
sage, tho War Office has called out the
army reserves and the militia.
| The greatest excitement prevails to-
lday In London The government is
giving private firms heavy orders for
rifles and other munitions Of war.
Tho preparations for war continue
with great activity. Orders have been
sent TO Portsmouth to put the steel dis
patch vessel Mercury, ten guns, in
read mess for immediate service,
| 1t is stated that the armOr plated
turret ships Devastation aud Colossus
and the corvette Bacchante, together
under preparations for sea.
Orders have likewise been sent to
the armories throughout the kingdom
TO return Immediately to the Tower of
London all the MartiLi Henry rifles
which they have in stock. The object
of having them sent TO the Tower is
that they may be inspected. after which
they will be dispatched TO India. -Four.
teen thousand rifles now at Portsmouth
will be forwarded TO India to morrow.
Reports are current at Aldershot that
orders have been received there provid.
ing for the raising of 49, 900 troops for
India. One battery Of horse artillery
will proceed from Wooiwich to India
Immediately. Orders have been sent
to Chatham to supply Immediately
8, ,0O0,OO cartridges. A wild rumor ID
atioat that some Russian troops have
attacked portion of Sir Peter Lums-
den's party and killed two of mis- men
After the official hours to day foreign
funds became fiattened, owing to the
calling out Of the reserves and the mill
ia. Consols and Russian, Turkish and
Egyptian securities were the principa
sufferers by the decline. The Paris
Bourse was fiat. Rentes closed at the
lowest figure OF the day, owing TO ths
Tonquin defeat.
The fact that the Queen had sent 6
message to Parliament was not known
J until after the official close on the Stock
Exchange, and when the news was re
ceived most of the operators had gone
Business during the day Was steady
with tendency toward better prices
When the news of the message came, 4
! rush was made by the remaining
, dealers to sell consols and Russian
bonds. The former fell to 963<, tn,
, lowest point touched since 1878, W hen al
Anglo Russian war was threatened
: Russian bonds were offered at 92IS
3 with 10 buyers. Large selling ORDER
3 were received from Berlin. 1t is feare(
there will be panic tomorrow.
eI Mr.. Gladstone stated in the House o
. Commons this afternoon that the Rus
I SLAMS have adavnced no nearer to Penj
! deb than Pull |. Khatun, which he sAit
l Is eighty miles distant from Pepjdeh
I General Alikhanoff," Mr.. Gladston
: added ,"has established post of TuI
comahs at Pul l. khatun."
= In the House of Commons Sir Henri,
i | Drummond Wolf, Conservative, aske'
Q whether, in view of the fact that ice wa
;. vanishing in the Baltic Sea, the Britis
n Government was prepared IN send thith
!: er an adequate feet. Sir Thomas Bras
!, sey, Secretary to the Admiralty, De
;, clined TO answer such questions
r (Cheers.)
t The Queens 8 message calling out tn
Q reserves and militia Is as.follows " Th
D present state of public affairs, and tn
extent of the demand on her Majesty
: military forces for the protection of th
i interests of the empire, having const
d tuted, in the opinion of her Majesty,
q case of great emergency, her Majest
II has deemed 1t proper to provide add
J. tional means for the military service
a Sho has therefore thought 1t right {
communicate to the House Of Common
It that she is about to cause the reserv
" forces and srch proportion of the N iliti
Is IS might be deemed necessary to be cal
8 I'd out for permanent service"