Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The parents of Eliza Armstrong, the young girl who figured so conspicuously in the Pall Mall Gazette'* exposures, will sue Mr. Stead, the then editor, the newspaper’s publishers, and Gen. Booth, of the Salvation Army, for $30,003 damages for alleged libel and for assaulting the child. Abbe Liszt, the celebrated pianist and composer, died, aged 75 years, at Bayreuth, Germany. The success of the Panama Canal loan is reported as assured, from the fact that nearly all of the obligations have already been taken up. The Welsh members of the English Parliament are now threatening the formation of a nat.onal party. It is announced that Count Kalnoky, Austrian Secretary of State, will attend the coming meeting of the three Emperors. As Russia's foreign policy is expected to bo aggressive, the meeting promises to result in strengthening the alliance between Germany and Austria. The new British Home Secretary, Mr. Matthews, accepted office, it is said, under the guarantee that there should he no coercive measures. It is predicted the policy of the Government will be conciliatory. Sweeping reforms in the public departments are expected under Lord Randolph Churchill’s leadership, such as amendments to present methods for raising sta‘e resources, reduction in department exponses, and a decrease of 53 per cent, in the personnel of the foreign office. The Bavarian General Bothmer is de.ui. The Spanish Cortes has been prorogued i The Welsh members of the British House of Commons propose to form a national j party in Parliament on the same lines as the I Parnellite par y. The wheat crop of Europe is slightly under an average one. In France it fal.s l‘i per cent, below last year. In Russia spring wheat is a poor yield, but winter wheat is excellent everywhere. Oats and potatoes are big crops. ' The London banking-houses are alarmed over the forged notes of the Bank of England which were oircuj^tiofl.' They are of the denomination of £lO and £IOO, and the country is said_ to be deluged with them, ind they are so cleverly executed utc almost defy detection.