Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-22
Englandand Russia
THE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY
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FOR SERVICE.
MONEY TO BE ASKED FOR.

| LONDON, April 21.-Sir Peter Lums.
den's answer to the governments in.
quiries, sent to him on the 10th instant.
concerning the correctness of General
Komaroffs account of the Pepjdeh in
cident, arrived at the foreign office To-
day. 1t was deciphered and q COPY of
| the translation sent to each member of
the Cabinet. The contents of this dis.
patch do not materially differ from the
statements previously sent by Sir Peter
Lumsden about the Penjdeh battle and
the causes leading up to it. Mr.. Glad.
stone announced in the House of Com
mons this afternoon that the dispatch
had been received.
The message arrived today" and
It shows how seriously Sir Peter Lums.
den is at issue With General Komaroff.
We cannot" continued the Prime Min.
isssr e. enter into details al 9g the
The whole matter will be laid on the
table here early tomorrow"
Mr.. Gladstone asked for o creditof
eli, 1,0c0. 600. OF this sum ei,500, 900
was meant for war purposes In the
Soudar and the rest for other military
and naval preparations. In represent
ing the government'request he said that
the government felt 1t necessary to hold
all the resources of the Empire, includ-
ing the forces in the Soudan, available
for instant use where ever required.
He requested that debate be had on the
credit onM 1ndsy next, and that consid-
GRAFTON Of the budget be postponed
until the 30th instant. He said:
" The government rely upon the pa.
triotism of the House, but our inten-
tions have been and are now based on q
strong desire that every possible means
should be used to obtain just and hon.
orable settlement of whatever contro-
versies England might be involved in"
Mr.. Gladstone stated the government
had RECEIVED no communication from
either Tui key, Austria, France or Ger
many concerning the closing Of the OAR
danelles.
READY FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE.
Earl Granville, British Foreign
Minister, in tie House of Lords this
afternoon stated that the government
had come to the conclusion that the
position of affairs justified putting the
army and navy and the whole of the
AUXILIARY forces in condition of imme-
diate readiness for service if required.
Ee said that the operations in Egypt
had been such that they could not be
abandoned. The government hal
adhered to their pledges given regard
they had asked for. They had met all
the demands of the Indian Government,
the expenses Of which were entirely
lowered by provision at home.
England, he said, desired to remain
on the most friendly terms with all
foreign countries. The contem D .ated
increase in tie strength of the army
and navy would not in the slightest de-
gree diminish the strong desire enter
tanned by the government for q peace.
able and honorable settlement of the
lpresent dispute with Russia.
The Earl of Morley, under Secretary
for War, announced that the whole of
the first class of the Army Reserves
had been notified that they are liable to
be summoned for service at very short
,notice. The government had no inten-
tion at present, he said, of SUN moning
the militia reserves.
1.-THE RUSSIANS PROVOKED THE FIGHT,
Sir Peter Lumsden's report of the
Penjdeh incident Is made public to-
night. He takes up General Komaroff's
statement and replies in detail. He says
that far from the Afghans being con-
vinced of General Komaroff's innocent
Intentions, the continued irritating
daily attempts to provoke hostility
convinced the Afghans that the Rus
sians were determined to provoke
conflict. This induced the Afghans to
what appeared a military necessity in
extending thsir defensive positions. The
Afghans did their uttermost to avoid q
| collision. 1t is solely owing to their
patience and forbearance during two
months incessant irritation that peace
| was preserved SO long"