13 DECEMBER 1913, page 2

The New French Ministry Which M. Doumergue Has Formed...

a stormy debate at their first meeting with the Chamber on Thursday. In the decisive division, however, they gained a majority of 161. The most important point in the Government......

In The Reichstag On Tuesday Herr Von Bethmann Hollweg Made

a statement of some importance on foreign affairs. Germany accepted absolutely the British policy with regard to Turkey—the security of Turkish possessions upon the basis of......

The German Crisis Caused By The Relations Between...

civilians in Alsace has come to an end very much in the manner we expected. The offending regiment has been removed from Zabern, but the Chancellor has formally main- tained his......

Radical Papers Have Hastily Assumed That They Have Been...

solely at the Ulster Unionists. They conveniently over- look the rapid growth in the last couple of months of various Volunteer movements among Irish Nationalists. We learn from......

We Deal In Our Leading Columns With The Speech Delivered

by Mr. Asquith at the National Liberal Club dinner, in which he set the seal of Cabinet approval on the "land-bursting" campaign. Mr. Lloyd George, who also spoke, paid a......

The Whole Of The Left Rallied To The Support Of

the Govern- ment, in spite of the fact that the policy of the "gradual return to two years' service "—the policy adopted by the Pau Radical Congress—was for all practical......

But As Regards The Rest Of Germany We Cannot See

that any- thing noteworthy has been accomplished. Last Saturday official statements were issued to the effect that the Imperial Chancellor when he spoke in the Reichstag had......

We Are Glad To Be Able To Record That A

Commission has been appointed in South Africa by the Union Government to inquire into the recent strike of Indians in Natal, the use of force, and the allegations as to......

The Times Correspondent, Writing From Mexico City On...

sends a very instructive article on the state of affairs in the capital. He gives a vivid picture of the state of nervous tension of Mexicans and foreigners alike. The wildest......