The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-10

There is little likelihood at Russia
would make such treaRy as Ear
Granville suggest. There is increasing
reason TO believe that the posi- ton OF
PenJdeh has whetted The appelile of
the
AVARIOIoUS RUSSIAN BEAR
and that nothing but HerSt will appease
~ craving. Russians here IN
London, who are on terms Of intimacy
with officials OF the Russian em bassy,
de nos declare openly that Russia in-
tends to take Hera Fhey assert it win
be an easy matter TO obtain the
assent of the ameer 70 Russian
occupation, aud they declare that
treaty which should propose 60
forbid such action on the part oi Russia
would have any binding effect. When
the opportunity comes or Is made TO
seize Herat,
HERAT WILL BE SEIZED,
no matter what the treaty stipulatious
may be. This opportunity is not
likely 20 come Immediately, they
think, and Russia they aver, will for
the present make no advance beyond
the line of the frontier which shall be
agreed upon in the coming negotiations
at London. They say fuF-
ther that Russia does not CON
template interfering in the affairs
Va Aiuidts pAppllO ilobNs ul nor own dc-
cord, bul when the local tribes, to get
her with the Heratis, shall ask for the
protection OF the ezar, Russia is bound
70 incorporate the rein in her dominion. !
EnglishmeH familiar with the story OF |
THE ANNEXATION OF MERv
think they understand what the Rus |
SLAMS mean wher they spea of the
local tribes "assing" the protection of
the czar. There is a shrewd
suspicion afloat that the unfor-
t4nate asking for protection by the
Merv which the c2ar had
no part to withstand was quite proprio
mumu. The expression of opinion and
belief on the part Of Russians 60 have
access 10 the Russian embassy are q
fair reflex OF the tone of Baron de
StaaPs recent communication TO
Earl Granville. Tho practical
upshot of the whole matteris that Rus.
aia refuses TO enter into Il treaty fixing
definite limit TO her territory and bind
ing her TO a maintenance of the frontier
SO fixed unless tho rule of the
within the line OF the frontier
that all tribal disturbance be promptly
repressed, collisions between the Sa-
raRs and Afghans prevented, and order
at H0rat preserved.
EARL GRANVILLE.
The diplomatic position OF Earl Gran.
Vile has been weakened by recent adj
wees received from Lord Dutferin
on the present state of affairs In Az
Shanistan. The adYices make il clear
that the Afghans are not quite as enthu-
siastic in their devotion 10 tha British
cause as at the declaration of Abdur-
rahmsn at Rawal Pindi might have
led one to suppose. Tho British
agents who have been accompanying
the ameer 10 Cabul haye reported to
Lord Duflerin that fierce discomfort pre-
walls among the tribal chiefs, owing 10
rumOrs that the ameer had given his
sanction TO the marching Of British
troops through Candahar in case
war should occur on the Afghan from
tier between England and Rus ia. The
chiefs put no confidence in the ameer's
positive denials. and are loud and earn
est In their condemnation and denunci-
alton Of the supposed action.
ANOTHER SOURCE OF DISTURBANCE
In furnished by the emissaries Of AyOub
Kahn, the deposed ruler at derat, who
is row In exile at Teheran and was re-
oOutly cast into prison at the instance OF
the British minister, 10 prevent
his contemplated escape To his
own people. These emissaries are
actively engaged In working in his in
terest among the people between Balkh
aud Herat. 1t is not improbable that
they are in the pay OF Russia. At any
rate, they are carrying on continuous
! Russian propaganda. They promise
the people that II Ayoub
Is restored TO power the Russians " III
guarantee them Independence and free
| dom from the tributes now levied by
Abdurrahman. Friends sofAbdurrahman
az Samancand have warned him
that the advances of the
British beyond Quetta would be
| the sign for a general
revolt OF Balkh in favor Of Ayoub. This
movement, they assure him would ut
once receive material assistance from
the Russians. These advices, and
others OF similar nature,
clearly indicate that an ad-
vance OF tho British beyond
Candahar would probably be impossible
without engaging in combat with the
| Aighans. This probability of resist
anee on the part Of their sup
posed allies, makes the prob.
lem Of a possible advance
through Afghanistan much more seri-
Gus than has hitherto be0n calculated
upon.
EARL DUFFERINN's FART
In tho Afghan situation is exercising q
patent influence on the action of Ghe
government, The rumor current early
in the week that Earl Dutierin had re-
signed his post because of his
Inability 10 agree with the government
policy, had absolutely no foundation.
The viceroy is in complete accord with
the government, eXcept that he
recommends tho construction Of
la railway TO Candahar and
the erection OF strong forti6cations,
which should serve as the first line OF
outWorks IN tho defense of India.
PUBLIC OPINION IN INDIA
among Euglish and native communi-
ties, in regard the prospects of
form Tho military and civil
officers are disappointed al the turn al
fairs have taken, 6nd continue to
| clRmnr for war. Tho trading ceuters,
! however- such as Bonn hay Calcutta and
Madras-hail the prospect OF peace with
expressions OF gratltied re,!1L
TURKEY TALK.
Sr. PETERSBURG, May 0. The
Journal de St. Petersburg, alluding
to the suggestion Of the Mar1uis
Of Salisbury, that IL Turkey should be
placed uuder pressure by any power,
England would have tho right TO disre
gard the closing OF the Dardanelles, ex-
presses the belief that no other sigma
tory power woul0 sanction such an in
fraction Of tho treaty of Paris.
NEW RUSSIAN IDEA.
IL rs reported orders for the dispatch
OF troops 20 che trans Caspian territory
have boon re- 'clnt9d. The troops, how
ever, are % DO held ia readiness. The
military organ Expresses discomfort at
the settlement OF the Anglu.Russtan
difiioulty and favors the par itlon az
Aghenistan between Russia and Eng.
land; the boundary TO be the Parapami-
sis mountains.
Franco.
COMIN0 TO HER sENsns