The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-07

10 o0fnpltte tho dofenas OF Odessa.
Two HUNDRED wOfkmoD have been
sent ~ SuovbDfg ~ strengthen tho Mill.
tary d0fen10s NJ that Important post.
Tho government " buying coal abroad
~ any price aud engaging The services
Of large numbers Of lHbOrers.
The car aud his mlnla isrs to-day dis
GUESSED the photographed summary Of tho
itngllAh prOposslA. "A grand council
mas been summoned % consider tho
full dispatches aud what reply shall he
sent by Russia, The iron-olad mAu-of
war Due of Edlnburg IL being
repaired and will have an inci eased
armament. The erAenala and ship
yards are overwhelmed with W ork. The
breaking up OF Ice In harbors Is danger.
GUS % Navigation. Military orders
have hesn issued calling Into service all
mon liable 10 duty In the first reserve.
REVISED STORY or THE PENJDEH TN
| CIDENT."
| The Official Messenger, In an editorial
on tho report OF Sir Peter Lumden, OF
the capture and occupation of Penjdoh
by the Russians, says:
"Bad weather has delayed the arrival
| of the officer whom Gen.
| KonlarOf dispatched with detailed
account OF tho battle OF tho 80 Ia ultlmO.
| Sufficient data, however, have been re-
ceived TO arrive nj u correct conclusion
OF how TAR Gen. Lumsden WAS war
wanted I'm ilupugulng Con. kOmarun's
report. RUSSIA is DESTROYS OF friendly
settlement, and entrusted the delimita-
| ton OF the frontier 10 q joint Russian
and British commission, but the uneN-
pected entry of the Afghans into
reDjdeh and the Afghan advance down
tho Murghab and Tho Herr Rud rivers
compelled Russia To protect her
! rignts in a summary manner against
| tho arbitrary seizure OF he's turutotys
! 1t this view, Gen. hom trOH was ordered
/ in January last 10 occupy win his vi
| dettes tho line extending from Xutlkir
| along the Herl Rud river vim hrecn,
| Risihas, kep, R5ssame, Chemnopeid
ana Ohau2ik aeu, ~ far as Pul-i-knlsli;
| where the ancient bridge crosses tho
| * ush river, thus forming the western
| boundary OF Jho Peuideh oasis, The
! Russian COMMANDERS were en-
! Joined 10 abstain from armed
! collision with tho Atghaus, unless
the latter provoked an encounter
The Russians, as directed, occupied che
above described position on February
| 20 On the 1Jh OF March Sir Edward
| Thornton, The British minister, informed
! NJ. de GIers, the Russian minlst OF, that
! tho a ighGns mao baan requested not 20
attack tho Russians With the object OF
| CrivmE them irom their position, but
! solely 10 resist n further Russian Ud
vance England, 80 the same lime, eX-
pressed wish that pending Fetse-
meuG Of the boundary dispute ttls
| commanders OF ths RuSsiAn OutpOsts
DO ordered to refrain from making
any further advance. Russia agreed 20
| this, with certain Restrictions, and being
| informed also that a Russian outpost
was already stationed RS Pul-i-khisu
and an Afghan outpost at Ak-Tepe,
| Gen. KOmarofl, was requested not to oc-
cupy Penjdeh. Tho Information tui-
nished Russia, cOrresponded with what
| Gen. Lumsden had said that the Rus
SLAMS had occupied Pull i-khisti and that
an Afghan outpost was STA
tioned on the right bank of the
Kushk river. Epglgnd's explanation
that Afghan troops had been requested
to stop their advance entirely excluded
the probability Of assuming that the
| Afghans might advance their outposts
to- the left bank of the Kushk river, but
wnen Komaroff approached Pull
Khisti he found on the left bank OF the
Kushk river, outside of the Penjdeh dis
trict, a fortified Afghan post. This being
in contradiction with his information,
he was bound, for the protection
of his small detachment, TO request
| the Afghan commander to Withdraw
from the left bank OF the river, which
the Afghans refused to do. This was
the direct cause Ofthe battle of tho 3Oth.
Hence, it is evident that the intention
attributed to Gen. Komaroff of bringing
| on conflict is in contradiction OF the
fact. Gen. Komarof did not overstep
his orders when ne insisted upon The
evacuation of the left bank OF the river.
Russia is unable at present to say
why the orders mentioned, and
which agreed with the information
received by England, should have
been interpreted in different manner
by the British officers attached TO the
Afghan detachment which occupied
Penjdeh. Gen. Komaroff's dispatch OF
April 18th contains explanations re-
harding several points in Gen. Lums-
denis telegram OF April IL, concerning
which Gen. KomaroH's final opinion
has not yet been received.
The Official Messenger publishes the
following telegram from Gen. Koma-
raff's dispatches from Askabad on Fri
day last: .o.s,as,au +,o ooo,,no
ton of Penjdeh reached me on March
%, only communicated the order to
the commanders of outposts and
did not make it generally known. Gen.
Zacarzoski, with my permission, inter-
viewed by correspondence, some BRUSH
officers in a private capacity. L did not
admit their right to treat officially. l
addressed my demands direct to the
commander OF the Afghan forces. Gen.
Alikhanotf, with an escort OF Turko-
mans, rode in the direction OF Markals,
along the river bank, on the Russian
side. 1t was by no means my lntentioh
to advance on Penideh. To
march the escort to the roar OF
of 1000 Af2hans was lnconcelVaDle.
One company Of Russians marched on
the heights on the right bank of the
Murghab river, but did not reach our
yidettes on the left bank of the same
river. When the Afghans approached,
however, this one company, by my Or
ders, returned TO camp"
GEN Komaroff thus concludes: "ln
view of the constant movements over
hundreds of versts of territory, and ow-
ing also to the heavy foods, it is i'm
possible to furnish regular reports"
WAR SPIRIT AMONG RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
BRUSSELS, April 80. "A dispatch TO the
Independence Beige from st. Peters
lburg says:
. "At the council yesterday, at which
,de Giers' conciliatory measures toward
England were rejected, he rendered his
but the car refused 10 &C
cepL it at the present crisis. On the ar
rival of the news of Russia's defeat In
Afghanistan, the czar sent q courier dis
patch to England in the nature OF an ul-
timatum and signed an order for the
mobilization OF the forces. The lmpe-
rial D8nR mas De0n cruereu 10 pIOfiuc
the government with 100000 600 rOubles."
DOUBTFUL.
STELLA, April 3O.-1n Official circl
here the occupation of Maruchak by the
Rus sian advance is regarded a. doubt
full. 1t is expected that British mill
tary commission will be sent to Herat.
The Duke and Duchess OF Connaught
will remain at Merv.
England
THE GARNET SAILS.