Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14
Russia & England.
THE TONE OF PUBLIC eENTI-
MENT ENGLAND
STILL REsENTFUL.
WAITING FOR NEWS.

LONDON, April, 13.--Mr. Gladstone,
in the House of Commons this after.
noon, stated that the government upon
the receipt from Ruesia of General Ko.
maroff's explana tion Of tho Penjdeh in
cident had telegraphed to Sir Peter
Lumsden for Information as to the cor
rectness of the Russian commanders
justification Of bis conduct in attacking
the Afghans. Mr.. Gladstone also an
nounced that the government had re-
ceived o full report OF the comm munica-
tions which had passed between the
Earls of Dufferin, British Viceroy Of
Egypt, and Abdurrahman Khan, the
Ameer of Afghanistan, in the councils
recently held between them at Rawal-
PiLdi.
These comm unicatiOns, the Premier
added, were eptirely satisfactory to tho
government. Explaining the delay Of
the government in reaching q final de-
|cision with Russia Mr.. Gladstone said
that the reports of the Russian officers
who took part In the Penjdeh battle and
those of the English officers who witnes-
ed the engagement differed 80 material
ly in substance and effect that the gov
ernment felt quite obliged to make an
Independent inquiry. This was pro-
ceeding now and the government was
doing every ything in theirpower towards
|ascertaining the facts.
WAITING TO HEAR FROM LUMsDEN.
Mr.. Gladstone also stated that Gene
raj Komaroff's s report Of the recent bat
tie between the Russians and Afghans
had been telegraphed to Sir Peter
Lumsden, but no reply had as yet been
received from the British commander.
Russia had, the Prem ier admitted,
failed to answer the material parts Of
England's communication sent on the
/ day of the receipt of the news of the
battle.
Mr.. Ellis Aehmead Bartlett, Conser-
vative, asked If the government had
been informed that the Russians had
advanced to the Murghab river. Mr..
Gladstone replied that the government
had not received any information Of the
exact character of that mentioned by
Mr.. Bartlett. The government were
aware, however, that o rumor existed
to the effect that the Russians had
m ade such an advance. In response to
other inquiries Mr.. Gladstone said he
expected to coon receive further COM
munications about General Komaroff's
action from M. de Giers, the Russian
Foreign Minister.
lKoMARoFF STICKS TO HIS STATEMENT.
The Official Messenger to-day pub.
fishes q further communication from
General KoInarof regarding the recent
battle between the Russians and AZ
ghans on the Kushk river. He asserts
in this telegram that the menacing atti.
ltude of the Afghans in advancing 30
close to his lines and occupying several
available positions, together with the
refusal of the Afghan commander to
pay any attention to his protests, made
him expect that the Afghans contem-
plated night attack on his lines. At
st. Petersburg General Komarof is
ALREADY called the conquerer Of the
Afghans. Every one Is elated at his
successes and consider the affair re-
tween Russia and England is believed
to be unavoidable sooner or later. The
J., Russians boast that the railway is being
briskly pushed to Sarakhs that there
are already 10000 Russian troops on
the Afghan frontier and that there are
10000 more at Samarcand, which could
be marched to Herat in two or three
weeks. The only possible reliance on
peace is in Mr.. Gladstone's pacific
policy.
A Tcheran dispatch says news has
been received from Askabad to the ef-
| feet that Russian troops to the number
of 45, 600 were on the march to Sarakhs.
The first contingent, which was 1000
strong in cavalry, was timed to reach
Sarakhs some time during the first
week In April. Troops were massing
rapidly from all the stations in Daghe-
stan at Baku. Ten thousand passed
through Tifiis during the last fortnight
in March.
1t is reported at St. Petersburg that
| the Afghans have made an attack on
the Russian outpoets. The Minister of
War had lengthy conference with the
Gar on Sunday on the receipt Of Gene
raj Komaroff's report.