16 DECEMBER 1899, page 2

The Germans Are Greatly Delighted At The Concession Of The

railway from Smyrna to Bagdad to their syndicate, and congratulate both their own Emperor and the Sultan upon their acumen. The concessionaires have already obtained large......

The Late Minister Of Marine In France, M. Lockroy, Con.

tinues his efforts to induce his countrymen to create a great fleet. He recently told an interviewer from the Figaro that the English were twice as strong as the French, and......

This Demand, Count Von Billow Continued, Is Not Excep-...

The French Government cannot do enough to gratify the popular demand for a Navy ; "Russia has doubled the estimates for her fleets ; " " America and Japan are making enormous......

Useful In Accumulating Reservoirs Of Capital, Should Be...

because they are exclusive, intellectually arrogant, and as a rule Theists. If any Sovereign might be expected to dislike them it is the Emperor of Austria, who is ultramon-......

On Friday Night, December 8th, Sir Archibald Hunter Took Out

from Ladysmith a force composed of a hundred Imperial Light Horse, a hundred Carabineers, and about four hundred Border Mounted and Natal Rifles, and a field battery—which,......

Count Von Billow, Foreign Secretary Of Germany, And The Only

Minister there who is becoming really great, made a most impressive speech in the Reichstag on Monday in defence of the new proposal to raise £40,000,000 by successive loans,......

On Sunday The British Forces Under General Gatacre Met With

a severe reverse owing to an unsuccessful attempt to storm a position held by the Boers at Stormberg. General Gatacre moved a force of all arms about two thousand strong to......

The Continental Newspapers Are, Of Course, Delighted With...

successes. The French shriek with exultation, and seem really to believe that the hour of downfall for their " hereditary enemy" has at last arrived. The Russians are equally......