Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1896 — Dogs Alm[?]se a War. [ARTICLE]

Dogs Alm[?]se a War.

Dog« and diplomacy do not seem to harmonize. The Italian agent at Sofia tooka walk with his dog one evening recently, and whistled for him. He was at once arrested by the police, taken to the etation house, and detained for nearly an hour, tiUJie was aide to prove who he was. Bulgaria lias had to apologize) for this. Almost at the same time Spain was begging the pardon of the Russian legation at Madrid for a similar act. Baron Wrangel. First Secretary of the Legation, had strolled out with an unmuzzled lapdog In his arms, when the police, to esiforce the city ordinance against unmuzzled dogs, fell upon him and tore the dog away byforce, scratching and bruising the Secretary.