11 JANUARY 1879, page 1

If The Times May Be Trusted—and The Times Ought To

know the innermost secrets of this Ministry—the Government intends to minimise its operations on the frontier to the utmost, and hold only the Khyber Pass, the Koorum Valley,......

The Paris Correspondent Of The Times—often Informed...

out a programme of the work which the French Ministry has, since the elections to the Senate, agreed to attempt. The Services, including the Diplomatic, will be gradually purged......

Mr. Forster Made A Powerful Speech To His Bradford Constitu-

ents on Monday, in St. George's Hall, chiefly on the foreign and constitutional policy of the Government, but partly also on the attempt of the Liberal Three Hundred to make him......

News Of The Week.

T HE elections to the French Senate were held on Sunday, and ended in a decisive victory for the Republicans. There were in all 82 vacancies, 75 due to the triennial retirement......

There Is Little News From Afghanistan This Week, And That

little is unsatisfactory. Yakoob Khan makes no sign of submission, and is officially supposed to be meditating a flight like his father, who has entered Russian territory. This......

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