16 MAY 1896, page 1

There Has Been A Small Excitement This Week Over Russian

action in the port of Chefoo, on the Gulf of Pecheli, the nearest port to Pekin. It was at first declared that the Russians had seized an English "concession," and compelled the......

Mr. Labouchere's Speech Was What Is Called A Smashing One.

and was directed to prove that the object of the Chartered Company in the Matabele war and the Jameson Raid was solely to acquire a gold-bearing country, and thus to increase......

News Of The Week.

T HE threatened debate on affairs in South Africa came off on Friday week, and was not unworthy of the occasion, the protagonists being Sir William Harcourt and Mr. Chamber-......

Mr. Chamberlain, In His Reply, Scarcely Disputed The...

be drawn from the cipher telegrams, but held that, nevertheless, he was bound to do the beat he could for the Empire and South Africa. It was essential to maintain the paramount......

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