Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1885 — FOREIGN [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN

The cable reports' that the signatory powers"to the Berlin treaty ..favor a conference for the adjustment of the Bulgarian difficulty, but the attitude of Russia is reported as firm in support of the rebels, while the Sultan is preparing to attempt enforcement of his suzeranity. The situation is considered somewhat critical. A London dispatch says: “The pews from St. Petersburg creates a decided sensation in this city. There are now grave fears of a gigantic struggle in -•fbexEiist That the Porte will riot strike a blow for its treaty rights is simply Inconceivable, The existence of Turkey as a European power is at stake.. Eastern Roumelia was created for the express purpose of giving the Porte command of the Balkans, which have proved for the past hundred years the principal barrier against Muscovite aggression.”... .Lord Wolseley has been created a Viscount A CABLE dispatch from London says:-. “There have been now just about 100,000 deaths from cholera in the south of Europe. There are sinister reports of the existence of the plague in Parisian suburbs, andriris menace of that city constitutes the feature of the outbreak. Italy seems likely to escape lightly, although the wide dissemination of the. seeds causes uneasiness... .Thomas William Stead, editor of

the Pall Mall Gazette, and others charged with him as implicated in the abduction case of Eliza Armstrong have been committed for trial in London. Mr. Stead argued his own case, and claimed that the end he had >in view in the" case justified the means adopted... .It is estimated that between 46,000 and 70,006 people attended the Socialist meeting in London Sunday. The police did not interfere with the gathering, and no disturbance occurred... .A rumor is current at Vienna that England will cede the island of Heligoland to Germany in consideration of the surrender by the latter of her new colonial possessions in New Guinea.