Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1896 — FOREIGN, [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN,

According to a St. John’s report Great Britain ha“ offered to rede to France its interest in the State of Eunis, Africa, in exchange for the French claim in Newfoundland. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross Society, has arrived at Constantinople, and is organizing a . system for the distribution of relief to the suffering Armenians. —===- The German residents of Montevideo. Uruguay, have taken steps to raise a fund with which to pufv’hase a warship, to be presented to the Emperor of Germany. An appeal to the. Germans of Argentina to join in the undertaking has been issued. The young King of Corea has arrived at St. Petersburg, with the object of .Keekiag. Jhe prutocthMi. of Russia for Jy.v country. His visit was for a time kept a •profound secret. Those who wert let into the knowledge of his presence look upon ' the news as of high importance in connection with Russia's Eastern policy. I'nmildful of the fact that nearly all of the products of Uruguay are permitted entry into the United States free of duty, the Government of that country has seen fit by decree to impose duties winging from 5 to 25 per cent, on agricultural and other machinery and on a list of essentially American products which have heretofore been on the free list. A special dispatch from Paris, to London announces that a company of ATsagans, belonging to the Sixty-ninth German Infantry of the line, in garrison at Treves, Rhenish Prussia, deserted in a body and marched across the frontier in company order into France, wearing full regimentals. The men were immediatelydisarmed, but were allowed their freedom:. A Paris dispatch says: It can be definitely announced that the cabinet has unanimously- agreed to remain iu office, to defy the Senate, and to risk a revolution. This course has been determined upon because Bourgeois believes the Chamber of Deputies will continue to show its opposition to the Senate and support the ministry. The consequence must be a serious conflict between the two houses of the Legislature. That M. Faure will intervene is not believed by any who profess to understand the President’s position. Railway corruption ia the basis of the unique crisis. It would apfiear that the long-antieipat-ed demonstrations of the insurgents inside of Havana are commencing. Thursday night an infernal machine was found near the Aguila de Oro cigar factory. The police are frying to find the authors of the attempted outrage. The autonomist Mayor of Managua and his brother, who recently joined the insurgents, hare been captured by the Spanish authorities They Will be tried on the change of treason. Ac-.

cording to a dispatch received at Madrid from Havana A tit onio Maceo attacked *Jarnes, burned the prison there and destroyed several houses- by fire. The inhabitants, it is added, assisted the troops in repelling the Insurgents, who lost twelve killed and many wounded. Havana dispatch: Thursday’s rumor that Gomez had been wounded has followed at night by -tbe-stafaiing rumor that Antonio Maceo has been killed. This, like a former rumor, has not been con? firmed. Col. Molina met the insurgents under Maceo between La Catalina Taiid" San Nicblhs, and the fight is said to have resulted in very great loss to the 'insurgents, besides the reported death of Maceo. Gens. Aldecoa and Aroia have arrived in -Havana for a consultation on the military situation with Captain General iVcyler. They will leave again soon to ’pursue their cperatTonsTn the. field; Itis rumored that the forces of Gomez and Maceo are badly demoralized as a result of the engagement fought Tuesday and Wednesday. It is also reported that during one of- tLese engagements—Maceo killed the son of a former insurgent leader named Guillermon. ~ Th e Wes: nt ins ter Gaze 11 e o f Loti don uyges the Marquis of Salisbury to; reply quickly to the proposal iu regard to the appointment of a joint British and American conciliation commission, saying: “There can be no doubt as to what,, the reply would be to a Minister who wojild set his back against arbitration. We are free to accept the conciliation which America proposes, and the only possible hitch is the possible objection of Venezuela to the matter being taken out of her tinhds atu'l tlroat Until in and the United States treating it as. a question between themselves. For us there .is a positive advantage in being vis-a-vis .with the United States and not Venezuela. If America is claiming the dispute as her own she must also assume' the reasonable and consequential liability of going bail for Venezuela. IVe, at least, have nothing to complain.of.”