Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1887 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Rodman- ortifying rapidly under the superb ce of German officers.. The owner ol the English race-horse Bendigo has refused an offer of £20,000 for him,.. .Fiveof the Nihilists who attempted to assassinate the Czar of Russia In March were executed Tuesday... .A prominent Italian statesman, Signor Fuzzari, expresses the opinion that an entente between Italy and the Vatican could easily be attained if the Pope would adopt the same course as to Italian politics that he has recently pursued in Germany. King Humbert, he says, is powerless to act unless public opinion points the way. • Vienna dispatch says a , more hopefnl view prevai s among Austrian—statesmen of the European situation. The Emperor, in closing the Hungarian Diet next week, is expected to emphasize his confidence in the preservation of peace... .Ths London 7’i»;es prints a story of extensive frauds on the agents of* an American bank —name not given —by f means of forged letters of credit presented simultaneously at The perpetra ors have not been arrested, ... A cablegram says that Mr. Parnell’s weak and emaciated appearance is the subject of much comment in the. British Commons lobby, and that Lis friends are alarmed at his condition, and Lis pblitisni enemies' : "pnivieid of -the latter faave heen heard to express the opinion that he would not again take his seat in the House. A cablegram from Paris says that M. Bouvier. a lawyer, and former member of the Chamber, of Deputies, will form a new Cabinet for France. The people are said to beiyteatly excited over the resignations of the Ministry, and the provinces are sending requests that Gen. Boulanger be continued as Minister of IVar. .. .Bismarck is Germanizing Alsace-Lorraine, and expulsions of Frenchmen and others who make his work difficult are constant... .The striker<in. the Borinage Belgium, a*e visiting factories and stopping work. ’• The houses of many workmen who would 1 not stop work have been blown up with I dynamite.