14 FEBRUARY 1880, page 2

The German Parliament Was Opened On February 12th, The...

Count Stolberg, reading the Emperor's speech. It was unusually long, and explained that, although the Govern- ment felt bound, in view of the strength acquired by neighbour- ing......

Mr. Fawcett On Wednesday Brought Up The Question Of The

responsibility for the expense of the present Afghan war, in the shape of an amendment to the Address. He maintained that the war was always described as a "great Imperial......

On Monday, When The Irish Question Was Resumed, Mr. W.

E. Forster, in the course of an apology for the Govern- ment's Irish proceedings, elicited that though the Government had given power to the Local Government to relax, for the......

In A Letter To Wednesday's Times, Mr. Sullivan Returns To

the question of the Conservative origin of the Home-rule move- ment in Ireland, and shows not only that it was genuinely Conservative, but that the Conservative Members held......

Yesterday Week, The Debate Oft The Address Turned Wholly On

Irish policy,—on the question whether the distress in Ireland had been adequately dealt with by the Government, and on the relative responsibility of the Tories and Liberals for......

The Paris Correspondent Of The Times Says That A New

method of settling the concessions to be made to Greece is about to be adopted. The Turks will do nothing, and the Greeks can do nothing, and the French Government, therefore,......

Mr. Lowe, On Tuesday, Made A Speech To The Liberal

Asso- ciation of Croydon, in which he criticised the foreign policy of the Government, which had resulted, he said, in alienating a great number of the Powers of Europe. Russia......

The Duke Of Westminster And A Large Body Of Well-known

gentlemen have addressed a memorial to Lord Beaconsfield,. praying him to inquire into the truth of the accounts received of executions in Afghanistan. To this the Premier......