20 JANUARY 1912, page 2

An Extremely Pessimistic Article Upon The Balkan Danger...

Thursday's Times from its correspondent in the Balkan Peninsula. The writer says that since the eve of the war in 1877 the outlook has never been so gloomy and dis- quieting.......

The First Ballots In The General Election For The Reichstag

took place on Friday week. In 206 of the 397 constituencies members were elected outright, while in the remaining 191 constituencies second ballots will be necessary. Of the......

The Self-effacement Of M. Bourgeois In Accepting A Sub-...

post is typical of the new Cabinet. As the Paris correspondent of the Times puts it, "the new Ministry is welcomed as showing that men of the first Parliamentary rank with......

Such Are Some Of The Results Of The German Elections

expressed in statistics. They show that the Socialist& have made very large gains, chiefly from the other parties of the Left. Whether their gains will be proportionately great......

The Favourable Impression Created By The Composition Of...

was strengthened by M. Poincare's statement in the Chamber on Tuesday. The Government's first duty, he declared, was to secure the final ratification of the Franco- German......

The First Turkish Parliament Was Dissolved On Thursday....

and the results of the dissolution are admirably stated in an article in the Time's of the same day. The dissolution is the direct outcome of. the growing discontent in the......

The French Ministerial Crisis Has Ended In The Formation Of

one of the strongest Cabinets of the Third Republic- a Cabinet which is fully entitled to the name " National " with which it has been endowed. After conferences with M.......