Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1887 — THE FOREIGN BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

Fbance’s new Ministry is composed as follows^ Tlrard - President of the Council, Minister ol Finance, and Minister of Posts and Telegraphs ;M. Fuilieres, Minister of Justice; M, 1 lourens, Minister of Foreign Affairs; M. SarMinister of the Interior; M. Bautresme, Minister of Commerce; M. Loubet, Minister of Public Works; M. De Hapy, Minister of Marine: M. Viette, Minister ot Agriculture; M. Faye, Minister of Public Instruction; General Legerot, Minister of War. A Pabis cablegram says of President Carnot’s message, which was read in the Chambers immediately after the formation of the Cabinet: In it he says he is fully sensible of the honor conferred upon him by his election to the Presidency, and of the great duties intrusted to him.* His appointment clearly proclaims that Parliament has resolved to put aside all causes for disagreement in regard to the vital interests ol the country and its legitimate influence abroad. For him upon whom has fallen the honor of uniting the suffrages of the different factions, the first duty is to show that he himself is penetrated with the spirit of concord. He will then endeavor to maintain harmony. With appeasement, security, and confidence the Government hopes to assure the country steady progress, practical reforms calculated to encourage industry, and produce a revival of business. M Wilson u» s been declared innocent of the charges made against him in connection with the decorations scandal in France. Edmond Litekatt, a member of the Hungarian Parliament, who was wounded in a duel with his brother-in-law recently, has died from Ms injuries. Thebe has been a change for the worse in tile condition of the Crown Prince of Germany. A consultation of physicians has been called at San Remo, and Dr. Mackenzie has lelt London for that place In order to make another examination of the Prince’s throat.

A dispatch from Berlin says: “The doctors in examining the Crown Prince discovered symptoms of a fresh growth and an increase ia the swelling. A special consultation of medical experts was determined upon.” Ey the arrival at San Francisco of the steamship Sydney, from Chinese ports, we receive intelligence of one of the most appalling calamities of modern times. The disaster was occasioned by the Yellow River overflowing its banks in the province of Honan. Chinese papys give the following particulars: The river broke its bank on the evening of Kept. 28 southwest of the city of Ching Chow, ami not only completely inundated that city, but also ten other populous cities. The whole area is now a raging sea, ten to thirty feet deep, where it was a densely populated and rich plain. The former bed of the Yellow River is now dry, and the present lake was the bed of the river centuries ago. The loss of life is incalculable, and the statement is made by missionaries that millions of Chinese are homeless and starving. The Chinese Times states that in the province of Chihli, where disastrous inundations have also occurred, there are 270,000 people homeless, represent,ng those whose lives were destroyed, and adds that the missing in that province is trifling compared with that caused by Hoang-Ho, or Yellow River. The extext 0/ ground swept over by overwhelming flood, given in Knglish figures, is over 7,000 square mi es, end the land thus submerged formed a part of one of the richest and’ most densely populated plains of Northe, n China, ’lhe necessity for liberal aid may therefore be imagined. Already considerable sums have been con-, tributed toward the relief of the sufferers. The Emperor of China has given 2,0c0,0;0 of taels, and the Chinese have started a subscription list in Shanghai, to which foreigners have contributed liberally. Millions have been rendered homeless and entirely deprived of all chances of earning their livelihood, for their fields will either become permanent lakes or uninhabitable swamps. It is feared that the distress which will be felt during the coming winter will equal m intensity the famine of ten years ago, when charitable donations contributed from all parts of the world were utterly inadequate.