Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Joe Aronson, a brother of Rudolph Arortson, the’well-known operatic* manager of New York, was found dcud at the foot of the stairs of the lodgings which he occupied In Warwick street, London. His neck was broken and it is supposed that he fell downstairs while suffering from an affection of the heart. Fierce disturbances, accompanied by ?ci/gus bloodshed, arc reported to have taken place at Erxingjau. Sijtty Armenians are said to have been killed. The Turkish Government has sent a circular note to the representatives of the powers and to its representatieva abroad announcing that the outbreak was provoked by the Armenians. Madrid dispatches via Havana allege that President Cleveland had promised the Spanish minister to veto any action by Congress favorable to the Cubans. A Washington dispatch says: It can be stated positively that no such promise has liecii made, and that such a promise would be so irregular and unprecedented as to be beyond the range of probabilities. William BlaUdeli, a capitalist and pro- (

motor of Honoluljr, has been In Ohio, engaged Ml Interesting Cleveland capitalists in a Joqjfschemer to obtain control of the best#iypr-can{!(> producing land in the A number of wealthy gentljpijfin haw taken hold of the projeetjand aMmpyfy will be formed at once afld at S3JK)O,OOO. The land of 15,000,000 aoVesjfflcaMp fifteen miles fromHonolulu/' ilej/ggi&wt a «.# sperate battle in the San Juan CjbfiVSe-grof.'ing valley, bitween Holguin a/udPßura|ugim.- were confirmed by dispatjl-Ips revived by the (Aiban junta at New York#? The forces engaged were led by xlenerffl Antonio Maceol with 3,(XXL Cubans. agjn General Echaguei with 1,800 Span*aTfi e greater portion of the CuMuft# were nut actually engaged,' ae-? e«rt|pg to the report, but continued the s|rance toward the west after the battle. Only 500 cavalry defended the rear St the Cuban army and kept the Spaniards from advancing About 000 of the Spau-

ish troop were killed. / : e_ A special dispatch received aft’rtfwondon from Constantinople says that a plot has been discovered among the officials of the Sultan's palace. In consequence, it ds added, numerous arests have been made, and the residences of the ministers are now guarded by troops. Vienna advices from ConstantinopjeTiay that the liberal movement among met Turks is spreading. Seditious placards have been discovered posted in different parts of the city and the disappearance is reported of several softas and other notablitios. The government is making military preparations in anticipation of trouble. It has been learned that the representatives of the Spanish Government in this country have discovered what is said to be a new plan on the part of the sympathizers with the Cuban insurgents to ship ammunition from the United States to thoir compatriots in-Cuba. The Spanish Government’s representatives heard of the scheme some time ago and employed a detective agency to investigate it. The friends of the insurgents, according to the story, have sent large consignments of toys to Havana. These toys consist mostly of large and unusually heavy dolls. Their weight is for by the detectives by the assertion that each doll contained a dozen rifle Cartridges. »'

"Yv. T. Stead had a long' article Tucs day afternoon hi "the Westminster Gazette on “Monroeism,” during the course of which he says: “Englishmen "would do well not te belittle the» significance of the ebullition of Aiherican sentiment on the question of the Venezuelan frontier. It must be taken with the usual discount and is no doubt due to the system by which foreign affairs are discussed by bawling journalists rather than by suave diplomats; but it is serious nevertheless. Its gravity consists in two facts, neither of which have anything to do with the merits of the question in dispute. In the first Jlace, for the first time since the civil war, the Americans have built a navy of which they have some reason to he proud and wliibh sooner or later thoy will use against somebody. In the second place, it is equally significant that the American press assures the United States that the Monroe doctrine has been informally adopted as a national faith by the American people and the dispatch sent to the New York World (referring to the reported Bayard-Salisbury interview) probably lias a basis of truth.” The dispatch from Shanghai announcing the departure of a fleet of nineteen Russian warships from Yladivostock for Chemlupo and Fusan, Corea and the dispatch from Hqng Kong, announcing that Russia has obtained the right to anchor he-r fleet at Port Arthur and construct railroads on the Liao-Tuug Peninsula, have caused intense excitement in official circles in London as well as in those having commercial relations with the far -East. These most important statements are looked upon generally as being a sudden reopening iu an unexpected quarter of the far Eastern question iu its widest sense. The Shanghai dispatch added that the Japanese fleet in Formosa waters had been recalled, that several British warships had been ordered to Corea and that preparations for a struggle were visible on all sides. The Hong Kong cable message caused the Loudon Times t.o remark, editorially: “Russia can not possibly imagine that the great powers will view with indifference such a destruction of the balance of power, which is.almost unparalleled in its audacity.” It is admitted here that the situation presented is so grave that should the news prove true, it would make war in which several nations will take part more than probable. It should be-added that there is every reason to believe that the story from Hong Kong is authentic and all sources-of information agree that the powers interested in the far East will find themselves confronted by n condition of seriousness which can not be overestimated.