18 DECEMBER 1897, page 6

The Retreat From The Frontier. T Here Are Two Points In

the latest news from India which are extremely satisfactory. One is the be- haviour of the troops, who, in the regular English way, have been hardened instead of softened by......

The German Emperor's Joke.

W AS it altogether a joke ? The story, which is not denied as other incidents of the same conversa- tion have been, is that the Emperor William IL, talking recently to Count......