Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-26
my A--kM MOus Russian General
,N 0'Brutschsff
<And His Increasing Influence Over
the Gar
Very Likely to Soon PrsCipitato
War on England.
A Significant Conversations War
Preparations.


dispatch to-day conveys this information:
The Emperor passed four hours yesterday
with General o Brut.cheff, ehiefoEstaff, and
several engineer officers, studying war maps
Of the Afghan frontier. General o 'Brut-
schef regards war IS inevitable. He urges
immediate mobilization, and that mo-
meut should nos be lost in pushing on to
Herst and Candahar.
General o Brntscheffs increasing inau-
ence over the Car is believed here to be
very significant 0Brutscheff is q man of
the SkobelOf type. Se is only forty-two
years old, full Of energy and ambition. He
said to the Car:
Now is the moment, sire, for Russia to
strike. Lums6en's retreat has utterly de-
stroyed EDglands prestige among the At
ghans; who, can assure Your Majesty are
ready to revolr against the Ameer. Besides,
Persia IS prepared secretly to help US, and
will do so the moment We strike the FIRST
blow. All these advantages will be lost By
delay"
The Car replied: You are too hasty,
General. Russis's manifest destiny is too
strong to be wrecked BY any human agency.
But | stin hope war may be avoided. But,
come what viii, never shall consent to
give up PeDjdsh nor the Zul6ksr pass.
The above conversation took place in
the Winter Palace, in the room near the
famous Nicholas Hall, which is now filed
with small tables upon which are piled
hundreds of maps, plans and railway
schemes about Central Asia
The Car is convinced that the improyised
cruisers Of the Alabama type and the yigor
81 pEeation OF torpedo warfare viii
sieI ErgianG's monopoly Of the carry
.'g IrsGe TO other nations.
Russia VIII Not Have Mediation.
The Paris Yoltaire states that over q
hundred Russian students in Paris belong.
ing to the army, have been ordered home
hy the Russian government.
A Paris special to the Exchange Tele
. graph Company states that the French For
eign Office has received an intimstion that
Russia will not accept any terms Of foreign
mediation, even II offered.
War preparations at Moscow are being
hsssened on with the greatest activity.
Large bodies Of troops are daily leaving for
the South. Heavy supplies of artillery and
NOLluAlHcSAkAhk bANECo 4AU DGAllH sent " lux
anrog for transportation to Batoum and
other fortified places on the Black Sea
Cossacks Of the Don, koOan and SereE, al
together over eighty thousand men, have
received orders 20 hold themselves ready 10
move at moments notice Thirty, five
thousand troops have already been concen.
trated near AsEabad. In Moscow war is
eagerly hoped Tor.
-. a. IL,
General Gourko, the Governor General Of
Poland, has been ordered by the Car to
prepare immediately detailed memoir
giving o detailed plan Of campaign in
Afghsnistsn. lis believed here that Gen
ersl Gourko, IN the event OF war, will be
placed in supreme command Of the armies
operating against India. There are now
10000 Russian troops in Poland. Of these
10000 are under orders for immediate
movement TO Odessa. This proves that
Russia has no cause to fear any hostility
for Austria. The feeling among the Poles
is one of utter indifference. War or no war,
they are too weak TO dream of revolt, and
the Russian garrison can be safely reduced
to 10000 men.
Workmen 81 Cronstad: are busy night !
and dayloadiug all the Whitehead torpedoes !
in the arsenal Orders have been given |
that the moment hostilities begin stationary !
torpedoes shall be placed outside all Rus
sian rorts on the Baltic. The ironclads Ad- |
mirI Greig, Due Edinbourg and Krem- !
lin and the monitors Typhon, Latnick and !
Bronenossets have already completed their |
armaments and are ready for immediate &C |
ton.
How Peace Might be Patched Up.
A St. Petersburg special dispatch to the |
Standard says that negotiations continue |
between the Russian and British govern |
merts The frontier question presents no |
seriozs difficulty. bat the Penjdeh affair de- !
lars the meeting OF the Boundary COmmls- |
sion. headed by NJ. Lesser for Russia and |
Sir Peter Iumsdeu for Great Britain. Rus |
Ea, saws the dispatch, is willing to cede !
Zul6car in return for Penideh. Thst &C.
eomplished, the Boundary Commission could |
probably arrange for q withdrawal OF both |
Russian and Afghsn troops from the dis
puted zones. This solution Of existing !
. difficulty. it is asserted however is only pos
! sibe il England foregOes her claim for sat |
4 isfacton from Russia for the Penjdeh 1nel- |
dent. Satisfaction, continues the dispatch, |
Russia viii not give.
The Globe this afternoon repeats the
story that the police authorities still hold 70
the theory ihst the explosion IN the Admir-
atty Office Thursday morning Was the re
nit Of private malice against dr Swan
son, the chSef clerk in the Seeretarys de-
partment
A dispatch from TaDglier states that the
special French mission, recently arrived
there will soon start fer Fez, to present the
Sultan Of Morocco with six Geld guns and q
1umher Of other valuable gifts.