Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

A London dispatch of the 9th says: The Russian Ambassador imparted to Earl Granville yesterday the substance of the note from De Giers with reference to the basis of Afghan frontier negotiations. It is reported that it is not satisfactory to the British Government The difference between the two Governments as to the terms upon which the question shall be referred to an arbitrator are becoming greater. The statement of the Official Messenger, of St. Petersburg, that the dispute wW be submitted to arbitration only in case or necessity, is semi-oflicially declared inaccurate. Granville, in his discussion with De Staal, holds the Russian acceptance of arbitration must be absolute. It is said that the news of the Anglb-Rnssian peace arrangements has created dismay at Calcutta. Peace so obtained is considered dangerous and humiliating. The reports which reach Southern India from the northwest provinces and from Afghanistan agree in representing the conduct of the Ministry as ruinous to British prestige... .Queen Victoria has sent a telegram to Gen. Graham at Suakin congratulating him on the recent, success of the British over the Arabs at Tak001.... Queen Emma, of the Sandwich dead. The British Cabinet held a special session to discuss a proposition made by Baron de Staal, the Russian Ambassador, which provides that if further evidence disproves the claim made by Sir Peter Lumsden, British Commissioner at Herat, that the Russians were responsible for the attack on Penjdeh, this evidence shall be accepted as conclusive, and the proposed settlement of the difficulty by arbitration abandoned. It is believed that the proposition has been accepted, the oondition being that Rossia shall agree to a definite* treaty, pledging herself not to make farther advances into Afghanistan. It is reported that the popu-

ar feeling is against the Government, and that the condition of affairs is very uncertain. In the lmeantime there seems to be no relaxation of war preparations. The programme for the abandonment of the Soudan is still undecided upon. The majority of the Ministers, however, favor the immediate withdrawal of Gen. Wolseley’s Army down the Nile.... The Salvation army is again having trouble in tho Swiss cities, and so great is the opposition to it that serious riots have occurred. The police refuse protection.., .Ex-Min-ister Lowell sails for America June 10. His successor is to buy his house and furniture.