Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The Shah of Persia has refused to join with Turkey in a universal Mussulman alii. ance.... The committee of the French Chamber of Deputies haring in charge the expulsion bill has decidecf that the measur shall be compulsory, not permissive, and that it be applied to all members of a 1 families which at any time reigned ii France. The Committee of the French Chamber by a vote of 6 to 5. has adopted the proposal in favor of a general and compulsory expulsion of the princes, and by a vote of 9 to 2 has decided to postpone discussion ol the question of confiscation...rLord Salisbury, in the House of Lords, severely criticised James G. Blaine for his Portland speech, charging that the latter glaringly misquoted and grossly misrepresented his( Salisbury’s) public utterances. ... .The Liquor Commission of the German Reichstag has rejected the entire spirits bill on its second reading... .There is agitation in Scotland for a home-rule system similar to that proposed for Ireland",. .A bill for an international copyright law has been read the third time in the British House of Commons... .United States Minister Pendleton has obtained leave ol absence... .The eruption of Mount Etna has ceased and Nicolosi is considered safe. The British House of Commons has agreed to an amendment to the liquor bill closing publie houses in England, outside of London. on Sunday.... The Jesuits art making' purchases of real estate in Rome and putting up buildings... .The Frenck Ministry rejected the proposal made by the committee bf tire Chambot

of Deputies to amend the expulsion bill tt make the expulsion of the French prince* mandatory, general, and immediate.... Much excitement prevails in London in consequence of the progress,of the alien land bill in Congress. Many negotiations for the purchase of Americar lands now pending have been.completely There has been grave examination by bankers of , their securities and leases on American real estate. English owners do not understand that the Federal act can only apply to the Territories, and will not affect existing titles. One man owning 197,000 acron in Wyoming is frantically trying to sell.