People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Said Pasha, ex-grand vizier of the Turkish empire, and president of the council has taken refuge in the British embassy at Constantinople to escape the sultan’s wrath. It is possible that if the European powers insist upon their demands respecting Armenia the sultan will declare a holy war, in which every Mohammedan in the world will take part The consequences of such an act may deter the powers from pushing Turkey too far.

me Norwegian bark Elsie, from Quebec to London, was wrecked on Anticosti Island. The crew has reached Halifax after Intense sufferings. Captain William J. Emrlght, of the British steamship Erona, was presented with an aluminum binocular glass, the gift of President Cleveland, in recognition of his services in rescuing the crew of the American schooner E. H. Cornell last March. Consul Barker at Tangier, Morocco, reports that wheat has grown so dear there that the last two steamers brought out consignments of American flour, which were immediately sold at a profit He believes that under more favorable shipping conditions Morocco would be a profitable market for' American breadstuffs.