The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-14
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LONDON, May THE opinion is gain.
ing ground both here and in Europe that
the governments arrangement is, in g
word, complete surrender to Rus
sis of all points she has demanded,
though the more moderate of
conservatives condemn Lord Ran
doIph Churchill's endeavors to OBJ
pose war and credit, the probability Of
defeat Tor the government Is talked of in
many Quarters. The Morning Post
agrees with Lord Churchill about the
urgent need OF sustaining the ministry,
and says eight independent members
might have turned Gladstone's majority
Of fourteen into q minority after the ter
ible events of tha past week. VIII they
be forthcomings The Standard says the
dignity and power Of Russia and England
were embodied in Gen. Komarof and
Sir Peter Lumsden, and that II DegieFe
will take care that the Russian
prestige in the person of Komaroff shall
not be dimmed while the English minis
try has already decided that of England
is to be extinguished. A further mis-
fortune, says the Standard, is that We
are by no means assured that even for
the hour the necessity of using force has
passed away. An uHconhrmed rumor is
current that the Indian departments have
been ordered to cease their war prepare
tons. It is reported that Gen. ZelenoI
will 60 either to st. Petersburg or to
London TO assist in delinestion of the
frontier.
DEATH OF IEFORNER SMITH.
Joseph Smith. the informer, who testi-
fed against the men who were hanged
for the ASSASSINATION of Lord Frederick
Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke
in PhGnix park, Dublin, and who has
ever since the executions been an exile
from Ireland and supposed to be living
| incognIto somewhere in India, has just
died in London. He had for . long
time been hopeless drunkard, and his
death was caused by intemperance.
IRELAND's LORD CHANCELLOR.
Baron Fitzgerald, the Globe under
stands, will be appointed lord chancel-
| lor of Ireland. Baron Fitzgerald is a
liberal and has been solicitor general
and attorney general tor Ireland and
| Justice of the queens bench. He is 70
years old, and was appointed lord of Rp-
peal in ordinary in 1882 with peersge
| for life.
UNWILLING OF CoLERIDGE's BUST.
MIR. James Russell Lowell UNVEILED
the bust of the poet Coleridge in West
| minister Abbey this afternoon. The
bust was placed between those
of Shakespeare and Campbell.
The panegyrIc was delivered
by Mr.. Lowell, and the composition was
both graceful in style and eloquent IN
manner. The company present at the
ly of distinguished persons, among
whom were Baron Houghton and Lord
Chief Justice ColeridgO.
THE AFGHAN COMMISSION.
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, under
foreign secretary, this afternoon, In the
house of commons, stated that Gen.
Ridgewsy, with Capt. Yates and others
would remain IN charge of the Afghan
boundary commission now that Sir Pete
Lumsden is coming to London. Tht
frontier boundary commission escor
will remain with Gen. RIdgeWay, WHIT
will carry on the work Of the commits
sion on the spot.
ADMITS RUssIA's STRENGTH.
Earl Granville, in the house of lord
this afternoon, said: ~ do not belieYC
that if England was going to wage wa
against Russia we should be at a disad
vantage, with every advantage in favo
} of Russia" Lord Granville denied tina
the governments military policy heC
been q constant failure and denied ais
that Russia would 60 to Herat.
RUSSIA CEAsING PREPARATIONS.
TEHRAN, May 7.-Advices from Ss
rakhi state that a small force of Rus
SLAMS, with four guns, now occupie
Penjdeh. The same advices contain tn
statement that the Russians have com
pletely won over the SarakhI. A Turcc
mans telegraph line is now completes
to point 112 miles beyond Askabod
There is an apparent lull in Russia
| preoarations for war and the Afgha
troops along the Bala- Murghab, not hay
: ing received any pay fer long time, ar
greatly demoralized.