Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1895 — FOREIGN, [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN,

The British bark Earlscourt, Captain Lewis, arrived at Queenstown from Portland, Oregon, and reports that in latitude 17 south, longitude 3 west, he passed the hull of a large iron ship painted black, with white ports, which had evidently been on fire. Mr. Gladstone has practically withdrawn his support from Lord Rosebery’s cabinet by retiring from the pairing agreement with Right Honorable Charles P. Villiers, M. P., because he wishes to be “regarded ns, having an open mind on the Welsh chu,rcu disestablishment bill.” The Norwegian bark Volo, Captain Nudson, has arrived at Falmouth, England, from Rosarto with Captain Jansen and nine of the crew of the Swedish bark Ponemah, which was abandoned in the Atlantic on March 26. The loss of the Ponemah was first reported at Buenos Ayres April 8. In January, February and March, 1894, the total British exports of tin plate was 80,881 tons, valued at £1,009,329, of which 48,616 tons wore exported to the United States. During the same period in 1895 the total export was 93,672 tons, vnlued at £1,097,055, of which 00,570 tons were sent to the United States. The imperial yacht Hohenzollern, with Emperor William and the princes on board, entered the western water gate of the Baltic and North Sea canal at 3:45 Thursday morning in order to formally

open it. The gate was magnificently decorated and the Hohenzollern passed through amid ringing cheers from the miL itary associations, students’ delegations and masses of the populace, the bands playing the national anthem, and accompanying the music were the voices of the crowds assembled, who joined heartily in the chorus. His majesty stood on the deck of his yacht and bowed his thanks with visible emotion. At 4 o’clock the Hohenzollern severed the "threads stretched across the canal and commenced the passage of the new waterway. The defeat of the Government in the British House of Commons Friday evening has occasioned a serious crisis, and' may result in the dissolution of parliament. It was quite unexpected. The motion was that.the war secretary’s salary -should be -reduced by £4OO- because he declined to state the quantity of reserves and ammunition at the command of the War Department in case of emergency. The announcement of the- vote was received with great applause by the opposition, and the war secretary instantly wrote out his resignation, which he forwarded to the prime minister to present to the queen. An informal cabinet meeting was hurriedly summoned by Lord Rosebery, but no decision was arrived at as to whether-the Government should dissolve or ignore the defeat as being the result of a snap vote.