Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Fifty Armenians are reported to have beeii killed by n Moslem mob at Akhissar, Adiu. An unconfirmed report that Dr. von Boettieher, the German Imperial Minister of the Interior, had resigned was in . circulation in Berlin. . The British bark Sharpshooter, ('apt. Watts, which left Kanin, Chili, July 1 for San Francisco with 700 tons of nitrate, struck a hurricane Aug. 9 in latitude 11 degrees north. She was partially dismantled and drifted for sixty-four days, Russia at present is inclined to allow Japan a free hand in Corea inVonneetion with tlic'present outbreaks. As a sign of pacific intentions the Governor of the Amoor, Gen. > Doukhovsky, has been grnnted leave of absence to come to St. Petersburg. A dispatch to the Paris Journal from " Metz says that while the Emperor and Empress of Germany wore on their way to the cathedral there some person,shouted from a window, “Vive La Frafico.” It is added that several arrests were made in consequence of this demonstration. The Spanish Government has acceded to the request of Secretary Oluey, it is stated, by a very high authority, and has restored diplomatic functions to Consul General Williams at Havana. The Spanish Government explains that the suspension order was issued from the Governor ■k' . ;

General’s office at Havana through a misapprehension. sDispatches received at Hong Kong from the Island of Formosa announce that Takao, on the west eoast-of that island* 1 was captured Wednesday by the Japanese. The dispatches also state that the Japanese intend to bombard Tai-Wan-Fu, the Chinese capital of the island. That city is held by the Black Flag leador, who refuses to surrender uneonditibn"allr-. and heavy fighting is expected. Tokio, Japan, dispatch: The complicity of the Soshi in the attack upon the imperial palace ntCqreS and the murder of the Queen is confirmed, but the extent of the connivance is as yet unknown. An imperial decree has been issued forbid-ding-all Japanese to special permission. A high oflicej of the Foreign Department has been dispatched to Corea to expedite the Inquiry into the’ circumstances of the attack upon the palace. An explosion occurred Wednesday on a steamship at Kting l’ai, near Kin Chow. The StelilnsTnpwas - toaded With troops, and it is reported that GOO of them were killed. The troops were probably Japanese soldiers leaving Chinese territory, as. insisted upon by Russia, and France. Kin Chow, of Ivin Chow Foo, is a large and populous city- in the Province of “Hoo Per —It is rightly- regarded as one of the keys of the Chinese Empire. Its site on the left bank of the Ytong Tse Iviang, about 800 miles from its debouchment into the Yellow Sea at Shanghai, makes it a great mart of commerce;'* Additional advices receivedat, Shanghai from Ivin-Chow, near which plpee, on Wednesday last, the steamship Kun-Pai was destroyed by an explosion which sank her in shallow water, confirm the dispatch which stated that the loss of life was believed to, be Very great.'tit is now announced that the explosion occurred in the -fore part of the Kun-Pai, which vessel was loaded with troops. The explosion, the cause of which is unknown, completely wrecked the forward portionof the steamship, and only twenty-four persons of those bn board pf her were saved.