20 JULY 1912, page 1

Notice.—with This Week's Number Of The " Spectator" Is...

an Eight-Page Supplement, containing the Half-Yearly Indez and Title-Page—i.e., from January 6th to June 29th, 1912, inclusive.......

What Makes The Treaty Specially Binding Is That The Right

accorded under it to the United States to dig the Canal was given for valuable consideration. Britain gave up her rights of construction in the isthmus in consideration of the......

News Of The Week.

W E have dealt with the Turkish crisis elsewhere, but may record as we write on Friday that the new Ministry has not yet been formed, though it appears that Tewfik Pasha will......

• We Are Glad To Record That According To Friday's

telegrams a saner appreciation of the merits of the Panama Canal ques- tion appears to be coming over public opinion in the United States. A Reuter telegram from New York quotes......

Prince Icatsura, The Chief Elder Statesman Of Japan, Is On

his way to St. Petersburg, where he is due on Sunday. The Times correspondent makes the highly important statement that well-informed persons believe that the scheme of an alli-......

Lord Morley Of Blackburn Said That Lord Curzon's Picture Of

the Government's " ambitions " was imaginary. The Government had not encouraged the Societe d' fitudes or its operations. They were perfectly free to oppose the scheme when the......

On Monday There Was An Important Debate In The Lords

on the proposed trans-Persian railway. Lord Curzon vehemently attacked the scheme as a grave military danger to India. It meant a fundamental departure from the lines on which......

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