Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1888 — THE FOREIGN BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

The story comes from Berlin that Bismarck, having gained certain other concessions, has withdrawn his objections to the marriage of Prince Alexander of Battenberg and the Princess Victoria. If the rumor proves to be true it will be safe to conclude that the wily Chancellor has imposed such conditions as to satisfy both his pricle and his prudence. The address of the women of Berlin to the Empress contains 10,000 signatures. In the election to fill the vacancy in the

French Chamber of Deputies from the Department of the Dordogne Gen. Boulanger was chosen. He received 59,500 votes against 35,750 for M. Clerjonnie, the Opportunist candidate. The Prince of Wales has donated £IOO to the fund for the German flood sufferers. The Empress Victoria of Germany, replying to an address presented to her by the women of Berlin, said: I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your sincere sympathy. A heavy blow hssfallen upon our house and nation in the death of our great and dearly beloved Emperor. With yon I trust that God will grant my husband a speedy recovery. I thank you also for the confidence expressed with such warmth in my endeavors for the common welfare. Fortt number of years it has been permitted me to labor with the women of Berlin for the good of the female sex and for their education and for the alleviation of their material and social wretchedness. Thanks to the intelligent and self-sac-rificing aid extended to me, much has been accomplished, but more remains to be achieved. With sincere devotion and eager enthusiasm I place my whole strength at the service of our people. The Swedish Legislature has passed a bill increasing the duty on spirits. Bills have been introduced in the Parliaments of Austria and Hungary providing for a summoning of the reserves in time of peace under certain circumstances. M. Spullee, Minister of Public Instruction in the late French Cabinet, in a newspaper article, says the Boulanger agitation is an organized attack on the country’s institutions and should be met by legislation for the protection of the Republic.