14 NOVEMBER 1903, page 2

The Usual List Of Birthday Honours Was Published On Mon.

day. It is not this year an interesting one, but it is directed• by a motive that ought to be cordially appreciated. There is. no peerage conferred, and the two baronetcies—to......

Last Saturday Lord Rosebery Made A Speech At Leicester...

while necessarily inferior in interest to his great Sheffield speech, is yet a noteworthy contribution to the discussion of the political aspects of the new policy. He showed......

On Monday Lord Balfour Of Burleigh Made A Speech At

Glasgow, which was fully reported in the Glasgow Herald, — a paper which, we may note in passing, has shown an admir- able spirit throughout the present discussion. Lord Balfour......

One Point Of Great Practical Importance In The Speech Has

not received in the Press the attention it deserves. This was the pointed question addressed by Lord Balfour to the Prime Minister. Is he, or is he not, in favour of Mr.......

Lord Rosebery Concluded With An Eloquent Appeal To The...

Unionists to unite with other Free-traders in fighting the great fight. " When the battle is over and the victory for Free-trade is won, why then they can march along with drums......

The Latest Report On The Colonies Submitted To The French

Chamber enables us to realise the precise financial re- lation of those possessions to the mother-country. Strictly speaking, France owns no colonies,—that is, countries popu-......

The Reply Of The Porte To The Proposals Put Forward

by the Austrian and Russian Governments was purely evasive, the Turkish Ministers contending that the reforms are already in operation ; that the gendarmerie are being re-......

To-day The President Of The United States Receives M. Bunau

Varilla as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama, which will thus be recognised as a de jure as well as a de facto Government. The French Republic has also......