19 OCTOBER 1901, page 2

Mr. Asquith, Speaking In Edinburgh On Wednesday. Dealt...

Rhodes-Schnadhorst letters. Mr. Asquith d we lls with complacency on the fact that neither he nor any of his colleagues in the Cabinet of 1892 knew of Mr. Rhodes's gift.......

Lord Rosebery Delivered An Interesting Speech On Tuesday...

Birmingham and Midland Institute. After remarking in a little outburst of noteworthy sincerity and eloquence that for science he had "the enthusiasm of ignorance," but always......

Dr. Richard Garnett Notes A Most Curious "historical...

Tuesday's Times. In the days of Tiberius, Tacfarinas, a Numidian chieftain, maintained a contest against Rome which positively bristles with prospective plagiarisms of the......

Count Henri De La Vaula Did Not Succeed In Crossing

the Mediterranean with his balloon, nor has M. Santos-Dumont yet rounded the Eiffel Tower. The Count, however, remained safely for forty-five hours in the upper air, and in......

• Berlin Has Been Honouring Itself By Celebrating On The

13th inst. the eightieth birthday of Professor Virchow, the great pathologist, whose demonstration that the human anatomy was based on cells laid the foundation of modern......

Dr. Parker On Tuesday Delivered Rather A Striking Address...

the Congregational Union, which now includes about half the two thousand three hundred and forty-two Con- gregational Churches of England and Wales. He wants the Union drawn......

It Is Not Easy As Yet To Ascertain The Precise

plan of the Russian Government with respect to Manchuria. It appea rs to desire possession of the province, but to be frightened at the pecuniary liabilities which it may entaiL......

The Vorwarts, The Leading Socialist Organ In Berlin, Has A

most amusing article on what may be called the ethic°. wsthetic principles of the German Emperor. The article, which is summarised in Wednesday's Daily Chronicle, was suggested......