Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-01
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR WAR.
A Proposal To Have
Arbitration
ON THE .PENJDEH MATTER.
England And Italy In
VII. Alliance.
GENERAL GRANT HARD AT WORK.
SlOssOn Takes The First
, Prize.
ENGLAND MAKES AN OFFER

ENGLAND MAKES AN OFFER
To Call in Any European Sovereign |
As NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VIII COns1d- |
err the PropOsal-An Offensive and |
Defensive Alliance Between Eng |
land and 1taly-Act1ve Prepara-
tions For War Going ON in Both
Countries.
LONDON, April 36.-The government has
asked Russia to explain the advance of Rus
sian troops on Maruchuk. Dispatches from
St. Petersburg say that General Komarof and
Lieutenant Alikanoff arrived in Sarakhs on
the Goth ult. The government is in constant
communication with Persia regarding her
present relations with Russia. A dispatch
from St. Petersburg says: ''The Gar and
his ministers to-day discussed the telegraph
ed summary of the English pro-
posals A grand council has
written dispatch, and what reply shall be
sent to Russia. 1t is said that yesterdays
council decided to advance on Herat.
In the House of Lords this afternoon Earl
Granville stated that the government had
to-day received dispatch from Sir Peter
patton of Maruchuk by the Russians was I'M
true.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that
the government has received General kom-
aroff's reply to the structures on the actions
of the Russians previous to and since the &C.
cupation of Penjdeh, contained in the report
of Sir Peter Lumsden to his government.
General Komaroff admits that he had received
strict orders from his government to refrain
from making any forward movement pend
ing the settlement of the Russo-Afghan
frontier dispute and asserts that he had
endeavored to carry out these orders in
faith, but the officers under him had not
been advised of the governments wishes and
therefore did not exercise the same precau-
ton. He says, however, they had been in
structed to avoid if possible conflict with
the Afghans, and no attack on the latter
was intended on the Kuskh river on March
Both. General Komaroff then explains that
previous to the fight only sotnia of Turco-
mans advanced toward Penjdeh, with no in
tention of attacking the place, and withdrew
on the spproach of the Afghans.
A British ironclad is anchored within the
Dardanelles to prevent any attempt to
blockade the strait by torpedoes. A despatch
from Odessa via Vienna says that the Rus
sian authorities display much anxiety on ac-
count of the i1l-fortifed condition of the
Black Sea ports in view of England's de-
termined attitude in regard to her right to
pass the Bosphorous.
A second attempt has been made by an
agent of Russia to make contracts at New
castle for coal.
LONDON May 1.-The Standard says that
England has proposed to Russia to submit to
any European sovereign for arbitration the
simple question whether or not the agree
ment of the 18th Of March, that pending ne
gotiations neither Afghans nor Russians
should advance or attack, was broken by
General Komaroff's attack on Inc Afghans at
Pull -Khisti The Standard further states
that the Gar has convoked: meeting of the
imperial council at Ghatschina to consider
this proposition The Standard vouches for
the correctness of its information on these
points.
The comments of the press upon the bud
get are favorable. The Times and Telegraph,
however, advocate that part of the estimated
deficit to be made up by an increase of the
duty ON tea,
The government has chartered two steam
ships now building at Glasgow for the
Peninsula and Oriental line. They will be
fitted up as cruisers. The steamships Van
couver, Oregon and Mississippi of the Domin-
ion line and the Bolivia, Egyptian Monarch
and City of Oxford have been chartered for
transports, and the smaller steamers noted
for great speed have been commissioned to
keep the coal stations in southern and east
ern waters supplied.
A diplomat well informed as to recent ne
gotiations is authority for the statement that
complete understanding has been estab-
lished between the governments of Great
Britain and Italy amounting to an alliance
offensive and defensive The agreement it is
said takes the form of an unofficial memo
randum, the contents being known only to
the ministers for foreign affairs of the
two countries and their chief assistants in
the foreign offices. These precautions
are taken to avoid the possibility of re-
currence of the unpleasant expose made by a
clerk of the British foreign office through
the unauthorized publication of the secret
convention which marked the close of the
Russo Turkish war
1t is current gossip at the various ,embas-
sizes that the negotiations between England
and the Porte are hanging fire owing to the
disinclination of the foreign Office to yield to
Turkish representations respecting new
| Turkish loan, more direct authority OF
| Turkey sverzEgypt and an indefinite post
ponement of che reform clauses of the treaty
of Berlin.
Ri. Hon. Hugh c. Childers, chancellor of
| the exehequer, presented in the House of
| Commons this morning the budget for the
ensuing fiscal year. The estimated revenue
| is s35, 14O, 900 and the estimated expenses
| f88, 872 900, including the vote of credit OF
| Eli 900, 600 recently granted. To meet the
| deficiency thus estimated the following
| changes IN taXaClOn are prOpOSou: All Increase
| of two pence in the pound in the income tax,
| namely from six pence to eight pence; re-
| arrangement of the legacy and succession du-
| ties; stamp duty of ten shillings upon for
eign bonds payable to the bearer; an increase
/ in the duties on spirituous liquors; an in
crease of pence per barrel upon beer, name
1 ly from 6s.. Sd. to Is; partial suspension of
| the sinking fund and the taxation of certain
| forms of corporate property
| ST. PETERSBURG, April 30.-The editorial
| in the Official Messenger justifying General
Komaroff's seizure of Penjdeh, after stating
| that Mr. Gladstone had informed M. &c Giers
| that the Afghans had been requested not to
| advance beyond AK Tepe, concludes as
| follows: ssEngland's explanation that the
| Afghan troops had been requested to stop
| their advance entirely excluded the posi- bill
| ty of assuming that the Afghaps might adj
| vance their outpQsts to the left bank of the
| Kushk river, But when General Komarof
| bank of the Kushk river outside of the Penj
| deh district fortified Afghan post
| This being in contradiction with his informa-
| ton he was bound for the protection of his
small detachment to request the Afghan
commander to withdraw his troops from the
| left bank of the river. The Afghan refusal
to do this was the direct cause of the battle
| of the 30th, Hence it is that the intention
i attributed to General Komaroff of bringing
| on the collision is in contradiction of fact
General Koma1oM did not overstep his or
ders when he insisted on the evacuation
| of the left bank of the Kushk
| Russia is unable at present to, say why the
orders should have been interpreted ina diff
ferent manner by the British officers attached
to the Afghan detachment which occupied
Penideh. General Komaroffs. dispatch o.
April is contains explanations regarding
several points in General Lumsden's telegram
Of Aprif II concerning which General Kom
aroff's final opinion has not been yet re
ceived."
MOSCOW, April 30.-The Gazette says thai
il England wishes to avoid war she mus
eyacuate Port Hamilton, the island lately oc
| cupisd by her in the Sea of Japan near V1adi
yostock. Otherwise Russia will be obliged t.
BERNIE, April 3O.-Russian officers on leav
of absence in Switzerland have received OF
ders to report II ST. Petersburg immediately
II 4 MiiIien Dollar Case.
: NEW Lemon, April a0.-In the case c
Thomas @. Greene, receiver, Vs. the R. an
Il w. sprague Manufacturing company tt
Supreme court has advised Judgment fe
defendant. The case was brought for IL
foreclosure of judgment lien and involv,
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