18 MARCH 1899, page 1

We Do Not Quite Understand The News From The Philippines.

The Americans believe they have forty thousand men there ; they win every engagement with small loss—for example, they defeated four thousand Filipinos this week at Pasig, with......

At The Same Time, Sir Claude Macdonald Is Allowed To

speak in a very firm way. It appears from the Blue-book published this week that he has secured the largest share of the railway concessions, and always deals with the......

News Of The Week.

A VERY odd incident has occurred in connection with the Italian negotiations with China. Enraged at the Chinese refusal of his request for Sanmun Bay, and at the return of his......

In A Second Blue-book Just Issued, Sir Claude Macdonald...

the history of the recent revolution or coup d'itat in Pekin. His narrative confirms all we have written on the subject, but adds an explanation of two questions of which we......

We Quoted Last Week M. De Freycinet's Declaration That...

could not compete with Germany as to the numbers of her troops. She had enough, but such a competition would be in fact like a claim of two to be the equal of three. France must......

S O Ll The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manuscript,...

case.......