The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-16
TURKEY Time.
England and Russia Attempt
ing to Secure the
Dardanelles.
The sultan Is Coy, The Lion
Purrs and GrOSls, the Bear
Offers IA Province.
Rs'ssia Demands an Expiana-
Rsissia Demands an Expiana-
ton From England-A Gem
erals withdrawal. ,
The Money Market of Europe
a News Voyage Around the
World in the EXAMINER.
LONDON WAR NEWS.
Floods and Cold oppose tho Eng
Itsh.

fish.
London, April l5.-Military move
ments in AfghanIstan are exceedingly
difficult at present on account of the
almost unprecedented severity of the
weather. lncessant storms of snow
and hail on the mountains and rain
in valleys have swollen the rivers into
floods which are impossible by any
means of transportation with which
General LumsdeD's forces are sup
piled. Weather is exceptionally cold
aud this fact tells more severely on
British officers and the Indian troops,
who arc from south, than upon the
Russians who comes from the north.
RUSSIA DEMANDS EXPLANATIONS.
tiiadstone's apparent hesitation over
the Kushk river affair has embolden-
ed Russia and she is now takirg her
urn in demanding explanations and
Withdrawals. The report Is confirm
cd that De Giers has demanded an ex-
PLANTATION of the presence OF Captain
Yates, of General Lumsden's staff, at
Kushk river battle and OF the part he
is said to have taken in provoking
that engagement. Special dispatches
from st. Petersburg even assert that
Russia has demanded the recall OF
General Lumsden himself, on the
ground of his pronounced sympathy
with the AfUhans In their hostility
toward Russia, but this statement Is
doubtful.
wRANGLING WITH TURKEY.
The government is still wrangllng
,trfsl, Frnrl-Au m Of thu
proposed Anglo-Turkish alliance.
Long interviews between Earl Gran
vile and Musurus pasha, the Turkish
minister, and Fehmi Pasha, the sui
tan's special envoy, are of daily occur
renee. The sultan Is coy and Is CO.
quoting with both England and Rus
sin. He probably never felt his I'M
portance in European politics SO
keenly as at this moment, when Glad
stone who formerly described him as
IAN unspeakable Turk" is bidding fol
his favor against the Russians, who
whipped him in 1877.
RUSSIA MAKING ovERTUREs TO
TURKEY.
The Russians are making tempting
overtures to Turkey, batting the hool
with provinces on her northern bouD
barry, the possession of which woult
tend to consolidate and perpetual,
the Turkish empire in Europe. Tn,
solicitude of both England and Rus
STA for Turkish friendship is of cours,
caused by the latter's contro
of the Dardanelles, which comman,
the entrance to the Black sea. Their
is, however, this important difierel C
between the suitors for Turkey
favor-England could force the, STRAIT
and Russia could not. The ordinar
; vessels of either navy could not pas
the Dardanelles' castles, and forts. an
batteries which line the straits froI
the Kgean sean TO the sea of Mai
, mora. But the forts could be silence
; by two or three of the British moi
ster turret-ships, such as the lnfleX
BILE, Devastation, Terror, AlexandI
or Hercules. Then these foatin
a steel forts could be stationed at eth,
= end of the straits to protect the En-
c lish and exclude Russian vessel
@ These facts are as well known TO Il
G sultan as TO the British admiralty, III
l. il is firmly believed here that b
n friendship will be eventually given
IL the side carrying the heaviest guns.
Il ANOTHER CABINET COUNCIL.
u A cabinet council is now being hel
y Nothing Is known as to the subje
;. under discussion, but il is believed
" he with reference TO the Anglo-Rl
" sian difficulty.
IA THE STOCK MARKET.
AT ll:30 a. m.-There is a better feeli
in the stock market this mornil
Consols opened at 95 $50 and I
. yanced to 95 l-2c. Foreign fur
X firm. Russian securities SO Sic.
ho $50 p. m.-Consols have declined
" g5 $50. This is Ice above the closi
lls figures Of last night. Russian sect
70 ties have advanced to SIC.
.s, Up. m.-Consols for both accou
lis now 95 7-l6c.
VA $50 p. m.-Consols 95 $50 for be
,r- 4p. m.-Consols 95 13.l6c.
nc WHY STOCK WENT UP.
Gu The rebound of stock Is chiefly I
SUI to a prevalent belief that England
e, about TO conclude an alliance "
eiu Turkey, which It is thought '
prove an eaectual damper to Rus;
aggression this belief is based, h
ever, on mere surmise.
rh- The stock market closed buoyaI
.es, about the best quotations of the
lnu The fortnightly settlement has |
VS. VS. concluded without the occurrence
wy failures. Consols and Russian Sc
'cu tiles were very firm at the close.
WHAT THE CABINET DID.
ints In the cabinet consultation 10.
ties. the Anglo-American situation,