The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-13
THE AFGHAN QUESTION.
Various Statements Regarding the Afghan
Imbroglio-The Muscovlte Ahead.


LONDON, May 1.-The Conservative papers
generally do not wish to vote adverse to the
Government on the war credit but consider
that the Government ought to give the op-
position more information ss to the present
state OF sffaiIs.
All the tels grams from India deny the re-
ported resignation of Lord Duferin.
The military party in Russia continue to
spread reports to the discredit of England.
The latest is that the Russians captured at
PeDjdeh some OF Sir Peter Lumsden's dls-
patches proving thst he encouraged the
Afgbans to invite collision with the
Russians. Copies of these documents were
sent 10 the English Cabinet, and that, there
fore, Lumsden was recalled.
ST. Petersburg advices through Vienna re-
port that quantities of gunpowder and
dynamite are being stored at several coaling
stations.
Work continues On the Cronstsdt feet.
Odessa kilograms stsle that the troops
which passed there. jnst modified from the
reserves were horde of unkempt peasant
youths, ignorant of the Use of rifles which
some OF them we're hardly able to cary.
Hungarian papers report that Peter, son OF
the Jate Prince KersgeoTgeuriZ has gone to
St. Petersburg to endeavor to obtain Russian
support, should he issue 8 manifesto Sssert-
ing his right to the throne OF Servis. He
also hopes that his father-in.law, the Prince
of Montenegro, VIII support his claim by
force Of arms. The Vienna newspapers ara
agreed that the Prince. as a possible tool Of
RUssia, must be closely watched. A Belgrade
fff1Ciol danfaa he ncvcdffar EfU p
the title OF King.
railway plant which had been collected
for Russian line from the Caucasus to the
Black Sea has been diverted to the construc.
ton of strategic line from Vlodekorksz to
Petroffski, on the Caspian Sea. Il is reported
tia permanent garrison OF !, 600 men Is TO
be stationed at Sebastap0l.
Mr.. Gladstone announced that he was
about to present to the House some most
important papers in regard to the foreign
policy OF England in her relation with AT.
ghsnistan. He Gladstone then stated that
en- arrangement had been effected between
Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, the Ear
of kemberly, Secretary for India, Baron De
Staal, Russian Minister to England and NJ.
Leassr, the special Russian agent in London.
In regsrd to the Afghan frontier the arrange
ment was satisfactory to her Msjesty's Gov
eminent, and Earl Du5erin, Viceroy of Ia
dis. He hoped the arrangement would be
made the subject of a convention with Rus
sia.
A dispatch from Simls says Immediately
upon the return Of the Ameer to CAbul he
issued orders that British officers should be
allowed to inspect the forts at Herat The
Ameer has received detail plans for the de-
fenses of Herat from the Indian Govern
ment
a dispatch from Calcutta 10 the Standard
states that orders were issued yesterday to
the rrlrphaee 0f m o. a11
the further dispatch Of stores and war ma.
terial to Qnetts.
1t is staIed at Varna that Fehmi Pacha 3
recall is due 10 the influence of the Turkish
Minister at Constantinople, who believed the
recall would have good effect on the etsle-
ment of the Afghan difficulty.
A dispatch froTa Teheran says the Ameer
of Bokhars urges the Shah Of Persia to re.
lease Ayoub Khan.
An official statement from Earl Duferiu
approving Mr. G Gadstone's policy would dc
much TO reassure the public at Calcutta, bat
the Viceroy remains silent
According to a report in circulation iE
Simla, the Ameer bound himself to insis;
upon frontier passing through three points,
the names OF which the Government refuses
10 disclose. PeDjdeh, however is not one OF
the places. The Ameer desires the Joint
Boundary Commission 20 examine the Oxus
Valley also.
Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary. IN the
House of Lords this afternoon, replying to
an interrogatory put by the Marquis OF Sails
bury, the Conservative leader, said the GOV
eminent were unable at present to make any
statement about their intentions respecting
the Soudsn. In regard to the Afghan bound
airy question, Lord Granville said confer
ence upon the subject had been held between
himself and the Earl of Kimberly, Secretary
of India, and Baron De Stasi, Russian Min
lister at London, which resulted in an agree-
ment perfectly satisfactory to England, Rus
sia and the Earl of Dufferin.