Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The Prince of Wales and party, on arriving at Killarney, received a few hisses and many cheers.

In the English House of Commons Mr. Gladstone announced, on the 17th of April, that he had learned from Sir Peter Lumsden that as early as March 28 Gen. Komaroff was aware of the understanding between Russia and England as to non-action on the Afghan frontier. Earl Dufferin sent word that in his opinion Penjdeh was not worth fighting for, and that the Ameer would concede it to Russia in the interest of peace. Mr. Gladstone stated that the Government would in a few days ask a vote of credit, when the whole question would be fully covered.

M. Patenotre, the French Ambassador at Pekin, has been ordered to proceed to Tien-Tsin to pursue the negotiations pending between China and France for peace. The Kep incident will not interfere with these negotiations.

A Russian Prince at present in Paris has received a personal telegram from the Czar, in which, the latter conveys tho expression of a strong hope that peace will be preserved between Russia and England by means of mutual concessions. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Lakes of Killarney, and were well received. An Italian fleet is being fitted out for movement to the Baltic Sea, and a number of seamen engaged for service in the Red Sea have been recalled with a view to a change of destination to the Baltic. The Italian Government is preparing another naval expedition, which it is understood will be kept in readiness to go to the Black Sea whenever necessary.