| Show RAMPANT WITH RAGE The People of India Humiliated by the Peace Policy Uritish Prestige Trampled Upon by the Muscovite Norfhcote Will Inquire What the War Credit Is For Earl Duffcrins Position LONDON May SThe report published in the Morning Post today that Earl Dufferin has resigned his position as Viceroy of India in consequence of the disastrous effect upon British prestige in India of Gla stones weak and timorous policy is denounced by government officials offi-cials as UTTERLY UNTRUE On the contrary they said Earl Dufferin counsels with and approves of Gladstones present action respecting the RussoAfghan question RUSSIAN NEWSrAlER COMMENTS I ST PETERSBURG May SThe Moscow Gazette with reference to the submission of the Afghan frontier difficulty to arbitration arbi-tration says It was only possible to permit the correctness of our action to be certified by a third party Such a course as this is not arbitration in any sense of theterm but simply a respectable means of terminating the incident The Nore rremya explains that Sir Peter Lumsden who they say made all the mischief has been recalled to London DANGEROUS AND HUMILIATING LONDON May S A special dispatch from Calcutta to the Times says News of the peace arrangements have CREATED DISMAY HERE For peace so obtained is considered dangerous and humiliating Reports which reach here from the northwest provinces and from Afghanistan agree in representing the vacillation of the Ministry as ruinous to British prestige LONDON May SIn the House of Commons this afternoon Sir Stafford Northcote gave notice that he would on Monday move that the House is entitled to the fullest knowledge of the governments govern-ments action in regard to the Afghan dispute and the uses to which the 11 000000 are to be voted to be putT 1 |
