Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1898 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

In the bankruptcy court of London n receiving order was issued against J. W, Young, a son of the late Brigham Young. His liabilities are £333,892. The Vienna correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph says: "Marquis De Hovos, the Spanish ambassador to Aus-tria-Hungary, will be succeeded here by Polo y Bernabe, late Spanish minister to the United States. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the novelist and playwright, it is said, will soon marry Rev. Stephen Townsend, who for thirteen years has been rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church, St. Mar-tin’s-le-Grand, London. He is ten years her junior. Advices received at Hong Kong from Manila say that riots are frequent in that city, anti houses are being burned by the rioters daily. The rebels are org&nizing for an attack on Manila and a battle is expected soon. One dispatch from Spanish sources, to be forwarded to Madrid, claims that insurgent leaders, with a following of 30,000 native volunteers, have offered their services to Captain General Augusti. The archbishop of Manila has announced that four battleships are on their way to Manila, and prophesies a great Spanish victory. Information from a trustworthy source is that reported negotiations between Spain and France with respect to the sale of the Philippine Islands aim at much more important colonial changes. It is said that both Spain and Russia have already agreed to the concession of the northwest coast of Morocco to France. The successful consummation of this plan would insure France's aid against the United States, and eventually against England. Russia especially would be pleased to see this key to the Mediterranean Sea in the hands of France. It is argued that the strategical strength of Gibraltar has suffered a gradual decline, and when menaced by Spain from terra firma would no longer be able to retain control of the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. Add to this the cession of Tangier to France and Gibraltar *■ ould no longer prove a barrier to either Spain, France or Russia. What France offers in exchange for ail this is kept a secret, but it is believed that she may not hesitate in return to openly espouse the cause of Spain against the United States.