Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-27
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
ALL LONDON GONE mad.
The War Fever Growing
Every Hour.
ACTIVITY ON EVERY HAND.
The Whole Reserve Force
Called Out.
CLEVELAND MUST HURRY UPa
A Scene I'm The Ohio Leg
isIature.
WAR SONGS IN THE STREETS.

The Reserves Called Out Amid The
Greatest Enthusiasm-Aetive Prepar-
atoms for War ON Every Hand.
LONDON, March 26.-1 his city is wild with
excitement over the rapidly growing pros
pect of war between England and Russia
Active preparations are going on, and ex-
traordinary activity prevails at the arsenals
and dock yards Large forces of men are
employed both day and night filling the
heavy orders already sent in by both the
war and admiralty Offices This morning
officers of the ordnance department at Chat
ham received imperative orders to ship i'm
mediately to Bombay all the Martini-Henry
rifles in store. Already the government
arssnals are taxed to their utmost AMI so
urgent are some of the orders that constructs
have had to be made with private firms.
At the dock yards vessels are being fitted
out for instant departure, some of them not
having been placed upder sailing orders for
years. Among those which are being rapid
1y fitted out for sea are the men-of-war
Mercury, Devastation, Colossus and Bac-
chante, and the troopship Orientos. A
royal message was read in both houses of
Parliament this afternoon calling out both
the regular army and the militia reserves for
occurred before for ten years, and this even
ing the streets of London were filed with
excited groups discussing the outlook. At
the newspaper offices and news centers great
throngs gathered and extras sold as East as the
hot presses could throw them Off lingo crowds
paraded singing war songs, greeted with
many cheers War seems to be generally re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
The excitement increases hourly and the
people seem to have gone mad over the pros
pect of conflict between England and Rus
STA. Fresh orders are almost constantly be-
ing sent out to the military and naval cen
tres for the immediate dispatch of munitions
of war to India. An order has been given
for five million cartridges to be Immediately
packed for shipment to Bombay. The
relations between both countries are every
moment becoming more and more strained,
while the Afghanistan advices are anything
but encouraging. A despatch just received
from Bombay states that the Russian forces
on the Afghan border are becoming very ag-
gressive and it is with great difficulty that
conflicts between them and theAfghan tribes
are arrested 1t is reported that two of the
members Of the party accompanying Sir
Peter Lumsden, the English commissioner,
were killed by the Russians.
It is believed that Earl Dufferin threatened
to resign the viceroyship of India unless the
government honored his requisition for
twenty-five thousand men from England and
that this accounts for the sudden calling out
of the reserves.
Just as to-day's Cabinet council had ad-
journed special messenger arrived in haste
from the war Office bringing further dis
patches. After Mr.. Gladstone had glanced
over the papers he summoned his colleagues
to another conference which lasted several
hours The nature of the additional infor-
nation can only be conjectured, but from
the circumstances there is no doubt that 1t
was considered unusually important.
The government has received no confrma-
ton of the report that two of Sir Peter
Lumsden's men have been killed by Russian
skirmishers.
THE PRESIDENT MUST HURRY.
Senators Anxious to Go Home Ask
Cleveland to Hasten-EHe Will Prob
ably Allow Them to Adjourn by Sat
urday.
WASHINGTON. March 26.-The President
sent the following nominations to the Senate
to-day: Thomas G. Crenshaw, jr., to be col
lector of internal revenue, district of Geor-
gia; to be postmasters: Aquilla Jones, ST., at
renee, Kan; John Mileham, at Topeka, Kan. !;
N. G. Ridenour, at Clarinda, Ia; Vincent J.
Lane, at Wyandotte, Kan, Mrs. Lizzie H.
Flicker, at Charleston, ILL.,; Claiborne Bow
man, at Yazoo City, Miss; William Gordon,
at Newcastle, Pa; James B. Corcoran, at
Rome, N. Y; Charles Mcneil, at Torrington,
Conn; Samuel w. Cobb, at Hanover, N. H..
Warren S. Burrows, at Hinsdale, N. H.; Ed
win c. Fletcher, at Camden, Maine.
Mr.. Aquilla Jones, ST., who was nominal
ed for postmaster at Indianapolis, is the gen
tleman who was endorsed for the position by
Vice President Hendricks.
Indian Commissioner Atkins, General
Land Commissioner Sparks and Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Muldrow took the
oath of Office to-day and entered upon the
discharge of the duties of their respective
positions.
The Senate committee to wait on the Pres
ident and inform him that the Senate was
ready to adjourn performed that duty this
afternoon. 1t is understood that the Presi-
ident said he would be ready for them to ad-
journ by Saturday.