Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1887 — THE FOREIGN BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

Tiiirty-tw'o railway projects have been started in Japan during the past six months. Cairo dispatches'report that King John of Abyssinia has ordered his Generals to attack the Italians as soon as they emerge from Massowah. The King is bent upon war, it is

said—just as an illustrious predecessor of his was some years ago. King John is likely to have an experience of the sort which overtook the other Abyssinian monarch if he is not guide! by wiser counsels. Mb. Hatfield, the United States Consul at Batavia, has been arrested by the Dutch authorities there. He became insane soon after his arrest The Consul has been engaged in private business, and it is supposed the ar. rest was made on account of business transactions. As a merchant Mr. Hatfield is iu jail, and, owing to circumstances beyond his control, he has taken the Consul with him. The visit of Signor Crispi to Prince Bismarck is the cause of much gossip among European politicians. The significant remark of the Italian that Russia shall not make “a Russian lake” of the Mediterranean shows that the meeting of the two statesmen bodes little good to the Czar, and it is evident that that potentate has lost the friendship of Germany. The illness of the Sultan of Morocco becomes a matter of some importance because of its possible effect upon European politics. The heir to the throne is a boy of 16, and he has numerous interested relatives who would be glad to relieve him of the cares of Government An internal disturbance in the country might call for interference on the part of England, France, Italy, and Spain, all of which nations have interests there.