Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Emperor William will decline the proposed ovation on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his coronation as King of Prussia. The Mayor of Athens visited Paris for an interview withM. de Frey cine t, to whom he explained why Greece will shortly be compelled to invade Turkish territory. The British army of invasion in Burmah has captured the fortified city of Minhla, on the Irrawaddy River, and the way is now believed to be open to Mandalay, the capital. Desperate fighting between the Bulgaiians and Servians has resulted in further advantages for the latter, according to one set of reports, but other and seemingly more reliable advices indicate a disastrous and bloody defeat of King Milan’s forces by the Bulgarians. De Lesseps, the great engineer, celebrated his eightieth birthday in Paris. All the foreign ambassadors in Paris visited him and paid their respects. He received many presents. The German Reichstag was opened on the 19th inst. The Emperor in his speech said that the relations with all countries were friendly. The Carolines question would be settled satisfactorily, and he trusted that the Balkan conflict would not disturb the peace of Europe.

The Bulgarians again repulsed the Servian attacks on Slavenza, taking many prisoners. A dispatch from Belgrade states that the Servian headquarters have been withdrawn to Pirot. The Bulgarians are advancing from Sofia in the direction of Pernik to meet the advancing Servian division. A London dispatch states that the complete correspondence of Carlyle with Goethe has been discovered in the Goethe archives. The authorities of Flensburg, Russia, have expelled a German-American named Thielman.

The Balkan conference has decided tliat|the restoration of conditions is equally binding upon Servia and Bulgaria. It is said that King Milan must bow to the order or be deposed by two of the great powers. Turkey has a force of 272,000 men on the Balkan peninsula. Parnell has issued a manifesto to the electors of Ireland, charging them not to vote for any of the Liberal candidates whose names are not down on the lists of the branch Nationalist societies. The Chinese Embassy in London states that the Chinese Government has not granted and will not grant any concessions for making railroads in that country. A London rumor says that the Duke of Cambridge will soon retire from the command of the British army, and that Queen Victoria will make an effort to place her son, the Duke of Connaught, at the head of the forces.