The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-05-29
TIE WAR CLOUD.
NEGOTIATIONS.


Nav 10th, Earl Granville was an
nounccd to have consented to the
Afghan frontier rectifcation made
by Russia.
On the above date the British
Government issued diplomatic
papers which state that Her Majesty's
Government will be compelled to
regard rs q hostile act any move
ment of Russia toward Herat. On
the other hand. it is announced that
Russia has spontaneously disclaimed
any menacing intention in regard to
Herat. The British Government is
therefore favorably inclined to consi-
der that the question atlssue between
England and Russia has reached a
settlement satisfactory to both coun-
tries. The documents submitted to
Parliament cover the Anglo
dispute up to the time of the Penj-
deh incident and show of aggres-
sion on the part of the Russian Gov
ernment upon the Ameer's territory,
of which Herat is the salient point.
The Afghan correspondence, deal
ing with the Penjdeh battle, was to
have been presented to Parliament
last week. The Conservatives were
to propose vote Of censure in both
houses.
May 10Th, the Times said al
though nothing had happened to
justify any serious alarm, yet the
situation could not be regarded with
out anxiety by persons well ac-
quainted with all the bearings of the
question.
st. Petersburg kilograms attribute
the delay in making settlement to
the Russian demand for a represen-
tative at Cabul and the continued
presence of English officers at Herat.
Russian papers continue to make
indignant comments on the alleged
unhagging preparations which Eng
land is making for war.
| London morning papers of May
goth express the opinion that the
detention of Guards at Alexandria,
and of the Austrian contingent at
Alden, is on account of the attitude
of Russia, and that the Porte is a
serious obstacle in the way of COM
| pleting negotiations for peace.
| Advlces from Sir-i-pool received
in London on the goth say that Sir
Peter Lumsden's advice to the gov
ernment was that, in view of recent
events, it was best to break up the
Commission, leaving the Govern
ment itself to settle the question
with Russia. II a.
! e.Hl IN PARLIAMENT.
| Lord Randolph Churchill made 3
bitter attack upon Mr.. Gladstone in
4 the House of Commons, May 18th.
! Load Randolph maintained that M.
4 de Giers had said nothing to justify
Mr.. Gladstone's statement in Par
lament that it hadrbeen agreed that
no further advance should be made
on either side. He declared that
Gladstone's statement of March 18th
was a fiction and phantom, with
out the smallest justification.
Mr.. Gladstone replied amid con-
tinuous and noisy Conservative in
4 terruptions. When the noise reach.
ed it's climax Mr.. Gladstone stopped
for several minutes. Then in 6
broken voice he remarked that this
new kind of political warfare was Of
little matter to him, whose persona
. presence was a question of months
rather than years. The Opposition
remained silent during the rest oil
j the speech. Mr.. Gladstone said hi
was unable yet to explain fully the
Anglo Russian agreement of Marcel
: 18th, but he believed it to be q cove
nant of the most sacred character.
BRITISH PREPARATIONS.
1t is reported in Berlin that Eng
land has ordered 200 automatic tor
pedoes, to cost $4,000 each, from :
firm in Schwarlkoff, Germany.
The British Admiralty have de
cided to have the combined nava
reserve squadron, including fourteen
tirst-class men-of-war, assemble a
! Portland and proceed thence tt
( Bantry Bay, Ireland, to engage in .
, naval demonstration of extraordi
nary Importance. Torpedo expert
ments will be carried on on gigan
tic scale and the demonstration will
conclude with sham naval battle
Of magnitude beyond affairs of thu
u kind ever heretofore undertaken.
| Afghan advices by way of Cal
: cutta, May goth, report that rein
, forcements are continuously goins
! from Candahar to Herat. 1t is ex
, pected that the railway will be com
nleted TO Mnlch in GO 1aus Ma