The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-18

Prospects Of q Peaceful Settlement.
A hastily summoned Cabinet council was
held last evening. Earl Granville stated,
that the Government had every reason TO
believe that a pacific settlement would be
arrived at with Russia Russia has &C
cepted the principal English proposals 10
submit to arbitration the question of the
responsibility of the violation of the agree
ment of March 18th.
THE ARBITRATION.
Neither power will submit the acts of its
own officer directly to any arbitration
which would admit the question of Lums-
denis veracity or Komaroff's strategy. Ar
bitration, therefore, will be on the real
meaning of the agreement of March 18th,
and whether what will euphemistically be
called the Interpretation thereof is correct
for either side. Meanwhile the disputed
territory will not be further occupied. One
probable result of the arbitration is that
England will claim a money indemnity for
the Afghans, and as a Minister said to-day
laughingly, England will perhaps quietly
lend Russia money to enable her to pur-
chase peace.
ORDERED TO RETURN.
The troop ship Jumna, with 1, 900 coolies
on board, which sailed from Suakin for
Bombay. has been ordered to return. The
intention in sending the coolies back to In
dia was to have them man the monitors in
Bombay harbor.
RUSSIA RECRUITING.
The Russian corvette Strellock is at New
York. Captain Skrylof has made several
trips to the Consul and many messengers
have passed between the ship and officer
bearing cipher cable dispatches. A num-
Der of able-bodied young Russians have
been enlisted. The Strellok has crew Of
$50, which is 100 more than necessary, and
the men will be used on the ship in train
ing classes, finally taking the place of the
present complement and permitting the
latter to take to Russian waters certain YES
sells now lying in this harbOr. There is
great excitement among agents and owners
Of foreign shipping.
ENGLAND TO THE FRONT.
In the diplomatic contest for alliances
England is making better progress than
Russia. Besides her agreement with Tur-
key she has secured an understanding with
Persia. The Shah has already forbidden
the Russians from conveying war-hke
material across Persian territory, even near
Askabad. The entente cOrdiGLe between
Austria and Greece is to be directed against
the growth of Russian influence in the Bal
kan peninsula.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
Wainright's brewery at Pittsburg, Pa,
fell in and 10, 900 barrels of beer were burst
open; loss, $160, O00.-Several persons were
killed and wounded by a boiler explosion in
the fremont House, at Galveston, Texas
The business portion of Cabery, H., was
burned.-A terrible hailstorm prevailed in
Virginia and North Carolina General
Grant continues to improve.-A. Haller
Gross has declined the appointment as
Consul at Athens, Greece.
ERUPTION OF vEsUvIUs.
ATT O'Clock on the I'd inst, new open
ing came inside of Mount Vesuvius, near
the Tore del Greco. II kilometers from
Naples. Lava abundantlv ed from the
new mouth, while the :! alter only
belched reddish smoke observ-
ers said there was no butthere
was panic In Terre d, site OF
which has been several times covered, first
in 1881, when many thousands persisted
again in June, 1894, destroying the cathe-
dral, churches and houses, and last in 1851.
The inhabitants who witnessed this last
eruption say that the present appearances
are like the beginning of that one. No sand
or ashes have yet been seen, but the lava is
flowing in great streams.
PORT HAMILTON OCCUPIED.
An English fleet has occupied Port Ham
ilton. The Chinese protest against this as
a violation of the integrity of Corea.