Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

In the British House of Commons a Conservative member demanded that the Government make known its policy for maintaining order in Ireland before a vote is taken on the Irish estimates. The scheme was prearranged, and was met by the Parnellites with a resolution to vote with Gladstone. John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, in addressing a conference of Liberal delegates of London, admitted that the Government expected to make an early appeal to the country on the Irish difficulty. Goodbody’s tobacco factory, in Tullamore, Ireland, valued at $400,000, was destroyed by fire. A jubilee of a fortnight will next summer be held in Germany to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the founding of Heidelberg University. Tlie students are arranging a grand historical procession for August 8, and eight hundred hogsheads of the best Rhine wine have been tendered free. The English Government has telegraphed authority to Lord Dufferiu to annex Burmah. Penal servitude from one to five years was the sentence imposed in London upon eight participants in the recent riots. Prince Alexander has issued a decree ordering the demobilization of the Bulgarian army. A sister of the late King of Spain was married to Prince Antonio in the palace chapel at Madrid. The German authorities, by the conviction of Captain Sarauw for selling plans of fortifications, have obtained information which justifies further arrests of officers. The Duke of Seville has received a pardon for the offense of insulting Queen. Christina. Captain Gerstel, of the Austrian army, was tried by a court martial at Vienna for a slight offense and was convicted. As a matter of form a light sentence was imposed, whereupon he bowed respectfully to the court, drew a revolver and shot himself twice through the head, falling dead