Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-06
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9ft10D N &uial - EHAbhAs.- ~
have plaesd their country, more DIS
trsaaine than sssH. While the faitn
walsh the psopls Of England fepose IN
Gladstone leads them to think, or
rather 70 hope, iihat everything VII
come out rigshs in isonss waJ or other' no
Iussifcstion can lie fsund for this hope
10 The manner IN s'bish the foreign rsia-
siops Of the EsTith,k Empire hare been
eoudaesed since the solvent Of ti's pres
snt Ministry 10 power. There has been
a succession Of blunders, Continuous
and unbroken. ned the least Of which
haxs bssn IN connection With the pres
en-, difssulty with Russia
Tbs English G0FeEnmsnf has vseafed
every position ID has taken since the
Question wsa ansissIy opened. When,
sboas thrss naonihs aRo, the news OF
the Russian Adsi.nes on the MuERAab
river wes nsseissdI. England demanded
shaf the advanced tooops be ct onoe
sjthdrawn. on this there esn Be no
Soub4. Il sss currently stated 10 the
preas al the tins and was announced
BE- Mr.. Gladstone in the House Of Com
mons. DID the hinssians eompay With
the asusndf Did they vith1rsv their
troopsf Not ore inch. Within an
vseks dIaAstons sas compelled 20 an
nousse IN lhs Commons that the En-
dish demand had, 50 be termed ~
iapssd. Al sha same time be stated
shas the Russian oatposss we're NOT
wishin eighty miles Of Peujdsh. and
that be was authorized 10 anyounee
that no farther advance would be made
Almost ct she time be was speaking q
battle vas raging between Russians and
AfRhans uxl the ldurRhab river, within
alQht Of Pasideh. from which place, &C
sorsing 70 Mr.. Gladstone. these sius
Rasslans we're distant ~ Toast eighty
miles.
This batsls entirely changed the az
pses Of affairs. ard the outlook, which
had became eresdlnRiy peacefai, IS
samsd Q mere vaiiike appearances. 40
oordlnq 10 statement generally made
u the time and never denied, England
demanded that HE Russian tiovern-
rnsnt Fl snos recall General komsron,
ths Ruaiiaii commander 10 the battle,
ana diAsyow his ,stisn. II Il anneces-
EaFy 20 state thia Komarof has not
bsen recalled, mad that the Russian
C3overnsssnt has distinctly ayowsd his
action aud eomnaskded him for II.
10 vas after this battle that Gladstone
announced that tiae Russians had not
occupied Psnjdsh. Long before that
anaouneemsut stnI made the Russians
had oocuplad F'eiiideh. and they still
oscnpy Il. and II is safs 10 say will 90
supy 10 for ali time 70 come. Next
came K0masoff'a Aceoant Of the battle.
The Government must then wait until
Sic Peter Lumsden could be heard
from. III order that they might knov
whether or not Romaroff told the truth.
II is 30 be supported that II was about
this Tins tiut thu demand for koma-
rotf's TseaIl " laIs,d-r
Wall, Luasden 'sas heard from. lie
denied, distinctly and unequivosallB.
every statement made BY KomAroif.
Not q line OF TINT Generals report vas
ieff uneontradisesd. Nothing could
have been plsiner or clearer than Lana
den's account Of the battle. OF couns,
ron will suppose, that the British Gov
eminent Al oncs reiterated the demand
for Knmaroif's recall aud insisted upon
u. Well. they did nothing Of the kind.
No ons nov thinks Of recalling Ko,na-
ron. and on tAe contrary, Sir Peter
I,umsdsn himself has been recalled. In
whatever sssy u may be explained. sha
order thai sllr Peter return 10 London
leaves thai ofilcss deserted and In dir
srsae; and that h precisely the way In
xhish IL win BIZ understood BY the
world. Moieoss, the recall Of LamsL
den and lsssswast removes che last rsr
niainina veslias d, English power from
the Afghan frontier. Hereafter. Gem
srai KernAruH elaa attack she Afahans
and slanRlitsF lhem whenevsr hs
plsases- he can tell swhicbeves Story
suits him hsss. II Il possible that iha
AfxhAna nsay contradict him. Fiat whs,
would take The word Of Afehans beiou,
sthat Of a itassiAia oifieerf Certainly
NOS The Ki,elish Government, which,
rsoails ons o. iis own etiicers for stoutly
standing up for British interests
4 ssmask made b. Mr.. Gladstone
10 answering Lord Randolph Churchill's
spsseh IN the Hsase Of Commons On
Monday sssnina sonsains q hint Of ths
futnra policy ef The British tiovswa.
nasns. which win probably prove very
anwelsnane 70 tksl An,esF Of Afahanis.
tan. The lieporf Of The proceedings
skvs. He laIr. (liAdstonsl eoussn,asd
that Il slas plpsrs whaa pablished
sh0wed shaa she Amssr did naa desire
shs advanced franslsr, EnRland had ne
sleht 70 forss IL Oh him. Hew h saoh
: statement 10 be lnierpFetsds IL there
saare saAa aas iassrprstasionf Esgland
t,ne sincs saieissl inaa . solemn en-.
RAesmsnt % dsfsad tks territory Of AZ.
ahAnistan. flasia afterwards laid
elAim - asostsezl Of Il. and ne Rns.
sdan ttoops have ssw hess pasAsd clear
up 10 ths iiae stiish Russia claims 70 be
The fronfies. "a IT, sAss Mr. Gladstone.
~lAe Asaser daea noa dosire tlAs ad.
~sac@i frussisr flneisnd has no rLsht
u fosus . Oh hlsa.s In other wseds, Z
tlls Amsxr aoes iiot eAoose % accept
The froatieis oAassn b. Russia. he will
b. enssralisaI 10 lo,Ik out far himlnlf. IL
~ Aehsn Rissaa, u be insists apan de-
fsading his country. be mnst n,lhs
alone. lie can akpeea no nssissa,sce
fsom NAeiaiid. III thisk o. d II noa, d
esIes ard erllsl dnsestssa n afaithgui
sissf
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