Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

At a Cabinet council in Madrid, on the ICth inst., an elaborate reply to the German notes was prepared, presenting in courteous terms tl.e Spanish claims to the Caroline Islands, and demanding tl eir recognition. The Berlin Government insists that the annexation was made in good faith, and without knowledge that Spain claimed jurisdiction over tho archipelago. Senor Castelar advocates a union of the Latin races to combat tno German colonial policy, which is said to have been determined on by Prince Bismarck several months ago, after a long conference with members of German commercial houses having a large foreign trade. A patriotic demonstration has been held at Mala a, attended by 12,000 people. Letters from China state that France lost 15,000 men in tno Tonquin campaign, while the t hinose loss was 1.0, . 00. The report that Russia and England had sip-ned the protocol fixing tho RussoAfghan fronti r is confirmed. China has borrowed $70,000,000 in Berlin and London for railway construction. A terrific gale at Paris inflicted great damage upon property and caused numerous casualties. Cholera is dying out in France and Spain, but is causing great anxiety in Italy. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, is claiming American citizenship to shield himself from legal proceedings in connect on with the London scandals, but Americans conver ant with lhe facts in his case denounce him as a fraud and an impostor. Three German officers, who were arrested while taking plans of French fortifications in the department of Haute Rhine, were escorted to the frontier. German spies are reported to be numerous in Eastern Franco. The Russian Government is making extensive additions and repairs to the fortifications of Savastopol, to which it will transfer the Black Sea fleet. A new fleet wi.l be organized and stationed at Batoam, on the east coast of the Black Sea. Barracks for accommodating 30,0 0 troops are being constructed at Rostoff, twenty mi.es from the Sea of Azov. New batteries are also be ng erected in the Crimea. A naval commissloh is to be appointed to make an examination of the harbors on the Grecian and Turkish coasts.