Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1884 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

M. De Lesseps has publicly declared that as long as he or hie sons live the Suez canal shall remain under French control. An escaped female slave reports that the Mehdi is becoming frightened, that some tribes have refused him aid, and that he has sent his family to a place bf safety. It is asserted at Madrid that Chinese troops took no part in the defense of Sontay, are actively preparing to hold the Red

river delta. A rumor obtains circulation in Vienna that the French will not negotiate for peace until they occupy Bac-Ninh. ■ Admiral Courbet has been ordered to take all the advantages possible from his victory at Sontay, but to exercise prudence. * r Col. H. If. Rathbone, who married the daughter of ex-Senat»r Ira Harris, of New York, killed his wife and himself in a German >city, Christmas day. , The Grand Duke Nicholas, x>f Russia, in exile in Turkestan, attempted-to escape to India, but was captured.