Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

A Nihilist headquarters, containing bombs and a printing press, was discovered opposite one of the palaces in St. Petersburg. The Duke of Abercorn characterizes the Irish problem as “the one cloud which hangs over the empire and casts its shadows on Tories and Liberals alike.” Turkey proposes that the cost of English occupation in Egypt bo reduced by the gradual withdrawal of troops; that the Turks garrison the country; that the Egyptian troops become part of the Ottoman army, and that a date be fixed by England for the evacuation of EgyptThree of the men who. robbed the residence of Sir Frederick Graham, at Carlisle, England, and murdered Police Constable Byrnes have been sentenced to death. Henry M. Stanley,, the African explorer, lias been appointed manager of the work of building a line of railway into the Congo country. The British Government has commenced negotiations with China for the joint construction of railways to the frontier of Burmali.

An Irish enthusiast in London cables the statement that the downfall of Lord Salisbury is simply a question of tact»:s and days; that he will be thrown out on some minor question. The Italian Minister of Finance announces that the cholera and tho expedition to Massowah have brought about a deficit of 50,000,000 francs in the budget. He proposes an increase in tho duties on sugar, coffee, and spirits. The British Cabinet had decided to give preference to the proposal to change the rules of procedure, making one hundred votes necessary to a motion to adjourn before business. It is possible that the opposition of the Pamelites to the scheme may cause a defeat of the Ministry.

The police of Dublin telegraphed the departure of a susDected person for Chester, and the Prince of Wales was induced to ndo past that town and proceed directly to the residence of the Duke of Westminster. Guards around the principal buildings of London have been doubled, for fear of dynamite outrages, and tho Cabinet councils are protected by an extra force of police. A Constantinople correspondent says he has information from high sources that war betweeh Greece and Turkey is almost certain.