19 JANUARY 1901, page 1

The Debate On The Associations Bill Opened Formally In The

French Chamber on Tuesday. But a preliminary discuasion, raised by a Socialist Deputy on the previous day, who demanded that the Archbishop of Paris should be prosecuted for......

The Daily Mail Of Wednesday Publishes A Telegram From Its

Berlin correspondent giving some very curious facts as to the serious nature of the depression of trade that is sweeping over Germany. According to the correspondent, the mort-......

The Question Of Duelling In The German Army Led To

a significant debate in the Reichstag on Tuesday. It appears that at Cologne this month candidates for the post of officers in the Reserve were subjected to an inquisition as to......

The Only Other Incident To Be Recorded Is The Action

of De Wet in regard to three agents of the Peace Committee who were seized by his men and taken prisoners to his laager at Lindley. By De Wet's orders one, a British subject,......

The News From China Is Not Important. The Chinese Envoys

signed the Joint Note on Monday, but we fear that this, though it may be said to have relaxed the strain of the crisis, by no means settles the Chinese question. At the best,......

News Of The Week.

T HE war news during the week has been very meagre. Generally it may be said that no progress has been Made by the raiders in the Colony, who still maintain their policy of......

The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manuscript, In Any...

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Norrez. - 1vith This Week's Number Of The " Spectator" Is...

an Eight-Page Supplement, containing the Half-Yearly Index and Title-Page,—i.e., from July 7th to December 29th,1900, inclusive,......