17 JUNE 1899, page 7

The French Premiership.

W E know of nothing in the position of affairs in France so singular as the entire failure of the depositaries of power to hold it steadily, or to impress themselves in any way......

11:11, First Danger Of Arbitration.

I T is not certain that the Peace Congress at the Hague will accept arbitration as a means of avoiding war, and still less certain that if it does its decision will be finally......