Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The Spanish senate, by a vote of 88 to 44, bps rejected the motion made by Senator Coma* during the discussion of the Auianca incident, providing for an amendment to the royal address demanfiint that the protocol of 1877 with the United States be renounced in view of the inequality of the -rights of Spanish and

American citizens under the present conditions. ! The first official report that has reached Washington of the great Japanese earthquake and tidal wave came Monday to the State Department from Mr. Herod, Secretary of our Legation at Tokio, in the following brief cablegram, which; however. makes the calamity out to be much worse than heretofore reported : "Deaths caused by tidal wave estimated at>over 30,000 in reports up to date. No mortality among Americans.” The London St. James Gazette says that Great Britain and the United States have agreed to publish simultaneously, within a fortnight, all the arbitration correspondence exchanged between the governments of the,two countries. The publication of this matter, it appears, has been delayed while awaiting the arrival in London of Secretary Olney’s latest communication, which was handed to Sir JqJian Pauncefote, the British ambassador at Washington, early in the week, and which is in Mr. Olney’s incisive style and forms .one of the most important documents of the series.

The failure of Spain to conquer the Cuban patriots, besides being proved by the continuous defeats of the troops ,in the field of battle, the lack of money in her treasury, aud the poor credit she enjoys, is also plainly seen by the supreme effort made in seridiug money, men, and war material to Cuba since the beginning of the struggle with such poor success. In March, 1895, Spain sent to Cuba $500,000; in April, 1 $400,000; in May, sl,521,000; in June, SI,SOO.tXX); in July, $700,000; in August, $1,600,000; in September, $1,400,000; in October, $700,000; in November, $1,700,000; in December, $4,000,000; in January. 1896, $2,000,000; in February, ,$3,000,000; a total of $19,321,000. From March, 1895, to April 10, 1896, Spain has sent to Cuba 40 generals, 562 chiefs, 4,768 captains and lieutenants, 3,396 sub-lieutenahts. 112,560 corporals and soldiers, 143 cannon, 150,111 rifles, 5,000 bayone' r, 23,124 cases of canister shot, 61,878.368 cartridges, and 72,326 kilograms of powder. These figures are taken from E! Liberal,one of the first newspapers of Madrid. The filibustering steamer Commodore was fired on in port at Tampa, Fla., Thursday afternoon by the revehue cutter McLean. The Commodore weighed anchor and proceeded witnout reporting. The McLean signaled it to stop, but no attention was" paid to the signal and the second was treated the-same. -The McLean then fired a blank cartridge at the

Commodore., but. this, failed...as..did a second blank shot. The McLean then fired a solid ball at the Commodore, which had continued to show a clean pair of heels. The shot missed the Commodore about seven feet and brought it to suddenly. It was then boarded by a party from the McLean and everything was found all right. No cargo of any kind being aboard, the Commodore was allowed to proceed. When abopt five miles down the bay two sloops put out from the cover of shore and boarded it. In a little while after this the Spanish consular agent arrived on the scene, and when the Commodore had gotten twelve miles away the McLean started in pursuit. It speeds nine miles an hour, while the Commodore goes fourteen.