Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-14
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- ApriI l2.-The stock market
ba..ssIIy quiet this msrninR.
80 a-..,sa explanation OF the lare
ID -, uat seem to increase the
80 ~ there will be no war. On
- sasnEy. the general opinion
y be that the action of
- errs the battle largely decreases
- ~ a peaceful settlement Ssf
- 5:E~.tV. Cousols. which closed
2 80 night at $50. opened this
$50: !, 81 and at this hour are SKILL
-. Az fos both accoants. This
tsgst point tonched in many
- Rasisn securities are quiet at
m sxENfcA soUGHr OUTRIGHT.
Foxr. March 13--Ths employees
-. EssisuaI Line steamship state
- H. English Government has
s.s.as The America outright, paying
tsaOOe for her
CABINET MEETING.
tmpn. April Ii. Q. m.-The Cabi-
= mes,ire, SUMMONS for which were
- veEtrdaJ, IL nov in progress.
sssflus h known positively 10 regard
:. - character of the deliberations 3,
= a er.at var question is believed
= 4 sbeorbinE the attention Of the
1;siesrs. and the result Of the council
@,saised With anxious eagerness.
IsEpEx's ACCOUNT WANTED.
Ioyoos. April l3.-Instruetions have
- hseensphed % Sir Peter Lumsden
: sausEnis 10 London as quickly As pos
- bis IMPORT, and that of Captain
80, Of che conflict on the kurshk
nses.
II The various military stations prep
.ntians for war continue 70 be yigor-
Sasy made.
GLADSTONE IN TIE COMMONS.
L0xpos, April l3.-Glaiistene in the
Hsan of Commons this afternoon
.,.lsd thas tha Government. upon tho
,,.,sut from Ra8sia of Gen. kamaroff's
exclamation of the PeDjdh incident.
sIeQrspbe1 to Sir Peter Lumsden for
etormaticn as 10 the correctness Of the
Russian commanders Justification of
y couducs In attacking the Afghans.
Gladstone also announced that the
Government had received a full report
az he communications which bad
uasssd between Earl Dutferin, Yiceroy
II India, and AbdHrrahman Khan,
Au,ser Of Afghanistan, in the councils
rtcenily bsld between them at Bawal
Pipdi. These communications. the
Premier added, we're entirely Sc tisfao-
tory 10 the Government. Explaining
,hs dslGy Of the Government in reach
ina hnal decision with Russia, Glad
s,ons said The report OF the Russian Off
esFs Who took part In the Penjdh battle
and those Of the Englistl offisers who
Witnessed the engagement differed 50
materially in substance and in effect
that The Government felt obliged to
make independent inquiry. This Was
proceeding now. and the Government
aEs doing everything in their power to-
wards aAcartaining the facts.
Mr. Gladstone also stated in the Com
mons that General Kamarofi's report Of
The recent battle between the Russians
md Afghsns bad been telegraphed Sir
Peter LuInsdsn, but nothing has yet
1ssn received from the British Commis.
Ioner.
Russia bad, the premier admitted.
allied 10 answer the meterial part Of
highlands communication sens on the
lay Of the receipt of news Of the bat
Il.
M. Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, Conserva-
i've, asked II the Government had been
informed shat the russians had advanc-
q 10 the Mnrghab river.
Gladstone replied that the Govern
nent had not received any information
4 10 exlset character of that men
Ioned By Mr.. Bartlett. Toe Govern
lent we're aware, however, that a ruin0r
tisled 10 the effect that the Russians
ID made such an advance.
10 response to other inquiries. Glad
one said that he expected to soon rv-
i've further Communications about
sasfRl kamaroff's action from DE
sfs. Russian Foreign Minister.
TuKrHEk COMMUNICATION Prom KAN
ARoFF.
81. PETERSBURG, April l3.-The on
Messenger today publishes
riheF communication fr1m General
smafsh regarding the recent battle
tween the russians aud AfRhsns on
q kurshk river. He asserts In this
leeram that the nlenacing attitude of
o AfRhans ON advancing 80 closely TO
. lines and occupying several availa-
. positions, together with the refusal
The Afghan commander 30 par any
tsesion 10 his protests, made him en-
sct that the Afghans contemplated a
Rhi attack on the Russian lines.
IN THE LORDS.
LsxDos. April l3.--Earl Salisbury,
adsf Of the Conservative peers, in the
loose Of Lords this evening asked the
'svsrnmrsnt IL they had learned OF the
spoft tht a there was another engage
lent between the Russians and AZ
hans on the Afghan frontier yesterday.
ID II tile Government knew whether
Z report Ia true or net. Earl Gran
lie, Foreign Minister, answered for
is Government that they had nothing
add 10 the official statement made by
iAdstone In she House of Commons.
FoR CRUISER.
L0sDoa, April lathe Government
v ordered the transformation of the
sanship Oregon, into q ship Of war,
stead CT a troop ship as at hrst in
hded.
FaARCIs HALF HosIILR To KETIASD.
LosDo,;, April l3.--There IL q distinct
sVnsitisn on the part Of the new
'sneh Ministry 90 DO unfriendlv TO
neland In her present dilemma Most
10 Paris papers reflect this tendency
bitter words about the English nov
aping the harvest they sowed by al
wiag France TO be dismembared four
en years ago. NJ. DE treyeinee has
ready taken certain suggestive steps
kRyptiaa matters, and he has IL 10
: POWER, through the fiction that the
nsdivc ~ responsible. 10 make all
amer OF difficulties for England by
AsilnR icfewa on that dummy. Ia the
listing s.ate Of the Euelieh temper
W lisiAe 81 that sora Of thing vould
a Rresa ways, and II Germany or Italy
ts shs word that they had just ~
90 make general dance Of il, John
III would give the French Ambassador
: SAlsinR papers with infinite salts
,caion.
iiH RUSSIANS ADVANCING IN FORCE
LoSpaS, April lS.--Aftsr the rising Of
{ Vahtnet council this afternoon Earl
'atAnv'lle, FoFeigR Secretary. sent a lor G
,sseAsca to the British Minister at st.
'sssrsoarg.
Aae Government has received official
fully confirming the report
Russian advance Ia force.