Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Capt. Howgate, the defaulting exsignal officer, is reported to be living in England. The citadel of Pintinh, in Anam, has been captured by the French after three days’ fighting. The English Radicals will vigorously oppose the Duke of Edinburgh’s appointment to the command of the whole navy. Thirty members of a Highland regiment, who attacked a dozen artillerymen in a village near Plymouth, Eng., were worsted, after which the latter carried the village by storm. Fifteen of the rioters were captured. Intense excitement prevailed throughout Spain over the landing of German sailors on Yap, 24th ultimo. In Madrid a mob attacked the German Embassy, tearing down the coat of arms and burning it amidst jeers of derision. The mob visited and cheered the French Embassy, after which it was dispersed by the military, many of the rioters being arrested. King Alfonso and his Ministers have been in conference regarding the situation, which is conceded to be critical in the extreme. The commanders of the Spanish war-ships stationed at Yap have been dismissed the service for their failure to anticipate the Germans in securing possession of the island. A German squadron has sailed for the Carolines, and a collision with the Spanish men-of-war in those waters is apprehended. At a meeting of liberal leaders in Madrid it was resolved that the German seizure of Yap ought to be considered tantamount to a declaration of war. The Spanish Government has peremptorily declined to submit its claim to the Carolina Islands to arbitration. The Spanish Government has requsted Germany to evacuate the Caroline Islands. Spain in the meantime will re rain from a material occupati n of the islands, and thus afford a basis for further parleying. Cholera has made its appearance at Novara, Parma, Genoa, and other Italian cities. In Spain the daily average number of new cases and of deaths from the disease, though still very large, is steadily diminishing. The epidemic continues at Toulon, where the situation is very serious. It is alleged that the commission which made the indemnity awards which were paid out of the Egyptian loan was a farce and fraud of the worst kind, claims being allowed for which only very shallow pretexts existed, and far in excess of „the amount which should have been granted.