The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-18
ANGLO-RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY.
Granville Overreached by De Giers-Vote o
Censure To BE Pressed.

Granville Overreached by De Giers-vote of
Censure To Be Pressed.
LONDON, May 1.-THE final installment of
the Granville De Giers dispatches on the Afghan
dispute will be issued during the Whitsun recess
of Parliament The Conservatives will postpone
parliamentary action until all the papers are
presented. The publication of the first dis
patches engrosses the attention of the political
clubs. The dominant feeling among the Lber-
ais is that Earl Granville's conduct with respect
to the negotiations was weak, and that he failed
to perceive M. De Gier's intentions until the
news was received of the seizure of Penjdeh by
the Russians. The Liberal paper, the Observer,
says the dispatches chiefly show the cynical hui
NOR with which Russia pursued her aggres-
sions.
On Parliament resuming, the Right Hon.
Burke, in the House of Commons, and the Mar
quis of Salisbury, in the House of Lords, will
propose vote OF censure against the government
The intention is to make the debate the last
demonstration before the close of Parliament
correspondence Regarding Afghan Affairs.
ST. PETERSBURG May 1.-THE Russkij In.
valid publishes the correspondence between
General Komaroff and Saib Salar, in Persian,
and that between Colonel Zakrjewski and
Captain Yates in French, from March &c to April
g. also a memorandum from Tairoff, the Russian
agent at Kochan, dated April g. The
dispatches which are all courteous in tone
treat mostly of events already known. Tairoff
states that after the arrival or the Russians
at Dashkapr,, Captain Yates requested the
Sarik Turconans to accept military service
promising them payment He also says that
before the Russians arrived the Afghans had oc-
cupied Aktepe, and that, although they daily
sent company of troops across to protect the
bridge, the Afghans held no fortified positions
on the left bank of the Kushk river. The
Afghan force numbered B. ,060 men.
The Times, referring to the Afghan papers,
says much useless correspondence and mischiev
Gus irritation would have been avoided if the
government had discovered earlier that the
Ameer did not want Penjdeh
The London Daily News SAYS the hitch in the
| negotiations between England and Russia
caused government securities to fall II per cent.
after steady rise during the week.
The Hindoo Patriot, published at Calcutta,
describes the Penjdeh affair insult Eng
land never would have tolerated from any other
power than Russia, except, perhaps, Germany or
America.
The Calcutta Englishman learns that Yakoob
Khan considers the concession of Penjdeh to
Russia fatal error on the part Of England and
the Aneer.
The work Of increasing the strength of forts
and harbors on the Black sea has been resumed.
A number of artilleryists from St Petersburg
have arrived at this port to take part in the
work.
The British government has ordered a dry
dock capable of holding the largest iron clad,
TO be built at Trincomalee, Ceylon.
II Is reported that England has ordered 200
automatic torpedos, TO cost 81 900 each, from a
firm in Sebwarzkopf.
The Allgemeine Zeitung has a dispatch from
Constantinople saying that the British consul at