20 AUGUST 1898, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE Peace Protocol was actually signed last Friday, and in all places which could be reached by the telegraph hostili- ties at once ceased, and vigorous efforts were made to......

Owing To There Being No Cable To The Philippines, Manilla

was captured by force on the day after the Peace Protocol stopping all hostilities was signed,—i.e., Friday last, August 12th. As the Times' correspondent says, the actual......

In Spain It Was At First Asserted—doubtless At The...

of the great Continental financiers, to whom anarchy in Spain would mean appalling losses—that the terms of peace were being accepted with composure, and even with relief, and......

A Remarkable Incident In The Fall Of Manilla Was The

con- duct of the German Admiral. He appears to have sent his steam-launch to the shore before the bombardment had con- cluded or the city had surrendered. Into this launch......

Owing To The Interest Still Felt In The Details Of

the Spanish- American War, comparatively little attention is paid to the advance on the Nile. Yet the Sirdar, for reconnoitring pur- poses, has already steamed up the river as......

Mr. Hay, The American Ambassador, Has Been Appointed...

State to President McKinley. We cannot profess to view his departure with anything but unfeigned regret. Mr. Hay has proved an ideal Ambassador. He haa not only never said, but......

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