Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Germany has abandoned her right to establish a naval station in the Caroline Islands. Damage to the amount of $1,000,000 was recently done in Paris and its environs by a hail-storm. The Bois de Vincennes resembles a forest riddled by cannon-balls. An estate near Lake Geneva lias been purchased by James Gordon Bennett, who intends to build a castle. Acting under the socialistic laws, the police of Berlin have suppressed five associations of workingmen. General Buller reports less lawlessness in the counties of Cork and Kerry than he expected to find, although the demoralization among the peasantry is widespread. Prince Alexander signed the deed of abdication and departed from Sophia on the Bth of September. A compact mass of people witnessed' Alexander’s departure from the palace, and thousands lined the route taken by him through the town. The Prince ■stood up in his carriage, bowing to the people and saying: “Good-by, my brethren.” The populace were much affected. Tears sprang to many eyes, and hearty wishes were expressed for the Prince’s speedy return. Turkey formally declares that she will never consent to Russian occupation of Bulgaria or Eastern Roumelia. Diplomates at Constantinople think that Prince Alexander will be reelected by the Bulgarian National Assembly. Twenty British soldiers, who participated in the recent evictions near Birr, Ireland, declare that they will perform no more duty of that sort They have been placed in arrest for mutiny. Two Italian officers have been placed under arrest in Savoy, charged with making sketches of French forts. It is believed in London that the great maneuvers in Alsace are to be a demonstration by Germany against France. Seven persons were killed and ten injured by a colliery explosion near Bristol, England. Since the present cholera epidemic commenced in Italy there have been 45,000 cases and 14,C00 deaths. Welsh farmers are demanding a rent reduction of from 15 to 20 per cent. The agitation there against the payment of tithes is spreading. Mary Anderson abandons her retirement to give her services six nights in Dublin for the Charleston fund. The Scotch home-rule movement grows in strength.