20 MAY 1899, page 2

A Very Curious Attempt Is Being Made In Paris To

convert Major Marchand into a new Boulanger. With this object, apparently, M. Thiebaud—whose name will be remembered in connection with the Boulanger "boom "—has been trying to......

The Manufacture By Germany Of A Claim - To Asia Minor

as within her "sphere of influence" goes on steadily. The Times correspondent at Berlin quotes in last Satur- day's paper certain statements from German newspapers to show that......

Another Hope Of Those Who Desire A Military Coup D'itat

is General Gallieni, who is on his way back from Madagascar. No doubt the great ability and comparatively high status of the stern and, it is said, not over-scrupulous dictator......

During The Past Week There Has Been A Great Deal

of most unnecessary and mischievous tall talk owing to the fact that directly after the Russian Minister at Pekin had informed the Chinese Government of the agreement with......

Substantial Progress Was Made. During The Week With The...

Government Bill, but it. is impossible to deal with the debate in detail. We may note, however, that on Tuesday Mr. Balfour., by way of concession to the "wonderful unanimity"......

During The Debate On The Committee, Stage Of The Finance

Act in the House of Commons on Friday, May 12th, Mr. Bartley, though he himself proposal a most unworkable scheme for preventing Government busy ing Consols above par, elicited......

The Chinese Have Been Compelled To "complete. Delivery Of...

Kowloon extension, but not without the use of a force of some two thousand soldiers, sailors, and Marines, who were despatched from Hong-kong. On Tuesday the British flag was......

The Crisis In Italy Has Been Terminated By The Formation

of a new Cabinet, in which General Pelloux remains Premier and Minister of the Interior, and eight outgoing Re elical Ministers are replaced by Extreme or Moderate Comm......

Of The Figaro Revelations Published During The Week, It Is

enough to say that they have finally plucked the heart out of the secret dossier. This is now shown to have been a mere budget of forgeries, including bogus letters from the......