17 AUGUST 1912, page 2

Turkey Was Visited By A Severe Earthquake Shock Yesterday...

the centre of the disturbance being the region of the Dardanelles. Constantinople escaped with slight injury, but at Gallipoli and Tchanak hardly a house escaped damage, many......

On Tuesday The Trial Of The Three Egyptians Charged With

conspiring to assassinate the Khedive, the Premier, and Lord Kitchener came to an end at Cairo. All three of the prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced in each case to the......

At Dinners And Luncheons Given In M. Poincare's Honour The

British Ambassador was the only guest who was not a Russian or a Frenchman—a signal proof of the desire of the Russian Government to emphasize the intimacy of British relations......

The Twenty-fifth Anniversary Of The Accession Of Prince...

Bulgaria was celebrated on Thursday, and the Times for that day contained an interesting résumé of his reign. During the earlier part of it the difficulties which he had to face......

We Need Not Look Further Than The American Newspapers For

criticism which may be held to fit the case. The Sun says that the policy of Congress is "frank dishonour abroad and rank class legislation and Bedlam policy at home." The New......

"the Chances Are," The Correspondent Says, "that, If The...

could be decided by Canada, independent of the exigencies of party politics, two-thirds of the Canadian people would oppose the Bill now before the British Parlia- ment." Nor is......

We Had Not Space To Notice In Our Last Issue

a very interesting article on Canadian opinion and Home Rule which the Times of Friday week printed from its Canadian correspondent. The correspondent says that the traditional......

On Friday Week The United States Senate Passed The Panama

Canal Bill by 47 votes to 15. Several amendments were carried. American railroads were prohibited from owning ships that use the canal. The provision for the passage of American......

The Report Of The British Consul-general At Diisseldorf...

trade and commerce of the district, which appeared in Thursday's papers, was especially remarkable for the atten- tion it drew to the systematic development of waterways in......

Mulai Hafid, Sultan Of Morocco, Has Abdicated, And On...

his younger brother, Mulai Ynsef, was proclaimed in his stead. The ex-Sultan has gone to Vichy with a retinue of slaves and servants, and the Tangier corres- pondent of the......

We Regret To Notice That The British Proposal For A

loan to Persia has been whittled down at the wish of Russia to a mere dole. Russia and Britain will each advance £25,000. As the Persian treasury is empty, a sum of this kind......