Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

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Parnell supports Captain O'Shea for member of - Parliament from Galway, and went thither with O'Connor and O'Brien, only to lye insulted by the mob. Her.ly led the political opposition by urging the claims of Lynch, but the latter yielded to Parnell’s request to withdraw.... The Government bill to colonize Prussian Poland with Germans appropriates 100,1)00,000 marks to defray expenses, and also names the Ministers selected to regulate the affairs of the region. Rioting was resumed in Trafalgar Square, London, on the 9th inst., by ten thousand men, mainly roughs of the lowest class, who were driven bv the police into the side streets and dispersed. Burns, Champion, Hyiidman, and Williams, the four principal leaders of the London riots, called on Joseph Chamberlain', President of the Local Government Board. Mr. Chamberlain refused to see them personally, but replied to a statement in writing relative to the grievances of the workingmen with a letter in which he said he did not think any .of the remedies proposed by the Social Democratic Federation would proye effectual to relieve the misery of the unemployed. He accompanied this statement with some vague promises of attention ti) the wants of the poor. His visitors went away dissatisfiedThe appointment of Mr. John Morley as Chief Secretary far Ireland is received with moderate friendliness bv the papers of the Green Isle. In the event of Morley’s defeat for re-election at Newcastle. Mr. Parnell offers to find him a constituency in Ireland. The French Government has decided to transform the rifles in use in the army into repeating weapons, at a cost of 25 francs each.... The London riots, says a cable dispatch, have forced the, inauguration of a movement to secure a meeting of the Lopdon members of the House of, Commons, both Liberal axd Conservative, to devise measures for the immediate relief of the distress in London. It is proposed to have the meeting depute a strong committee to urge the Cabinet to act in the matter. \ Stephen A. Walker, the President of the New York City Board of Education, lias been appointed by the President to be the successor of Mr. Dorsheimer as United States District Attorney of that city. Galusha Pennell was appointed XJnited States Marshal at Detroit, Mich T. R. Hudd, of Green Bay, Wis., has been nominated by the. Democrats to succeed the late Joseph Rankin in Congress. Unless the British Government grants home rule to Ireland, Mr. Parnell, it is said, will introduce thirty bills in Parliament dealing solely with land grievances in Englaud, Wales J and Scotland..... .At Leipsic, Capt. Sarauw was found guilty by the Supreme Court of having furnished plans and information of German fortifications and armaments to the French military authorities,*mnd sentenced to twelve years’ penal servitude. Herr Roettger, who was on trial on the same charge* was •acquitted. The striking hosiery workmen pt Leicester, England, attacked several houses, causing the selection of a large force of special policemen. Five of the leading socialists of London 'called at Mr. Gladstone’s office to obtain an interview, and upon being refused they left a written demand that the Government take immediate steps to relieve the distressed woricingmen. ’ • „ King Milan, of Servia, has resolved to sign a treaty of peace with Bulgaria, no' matter what action the Greek government may decide to take. Servia will hereafter

enter into a stronger agreement with Austria-Hungary... .The better classes of London of the real needs of tire unemployed, raised over SIOO,OOO for their relief. The contributors were the merchants and bankers. The general public has so far given scarcely anything to the Mansion House fund, yet it amounts to about $100,000... .The newspapers of Cra* cow urge their merchants to break off relations with Gennan business houses. The medical society of that city has boycotted German medicines and instruments... .The gamblers of Monaco were shocked by the suicide of a French, merchant and his wife after sustaining heavy losses.