15 OCTOBER 1881, page 6

M. Gambetta's Foreign Policy.

T HE odd story which has been amusing all the capitals of Europe this week—the story of M. Gambetta's visit to Varzin—has a significance of its own which is not wholly pleasant.......

Irish Secession.

W E are not of those who believe, with Lord Derby, that Ireland, as a whole, strongly desires her independence: She desires, as her whole history shows, several other things......