18 AUGUST 1888, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE German Emperor, in unveiling a statue to the late Prince Frederick Charles on Thursday, made a short speech which will disturb the French. He is reported to have said that......

Mr. Gladstone Has, We Think, Gone Further In His Letter

to the Provost of Dalkeith concerning Mr. Dillon's imprisonment, than he has ever gone yet in justifying opposition to the law. "If Mr. Dillon broke the law," he says, "he was......

The News From Tibet Grows Serious. It Is Reported From

Calcutta that 3,000 men have recently joined the Tibetans in the Jalapla Pass, raising their army at that point to 14,000, and that besides there is a force of 1,500 men......

The Bulgarian Principality Has This Week Been En Fete, Owing

to the formal opening of the new line which places Constan- tinople in direct railway communication with the rest of Europe. On Sunday, the first regular train passed through......

The "members Of Parliament Charges And Allegations Bill"...

a second time in the House of Lords yesterday week. Lord Salisbury moved its second reading in a speech of great dignity and impartiality, in which he recounted the history of......

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Lord Herschel Replied To Lord Salisbury In A Speech As

admirable in tone as that of the Prime Minister, and much the best, we think, that has been delivered against the Com- mission. But his criticisms, though moderate and calm in......