20 MAY 1905, page 1

The Motor-boat Race From Algiers To Toulon, Organised...

auspices of the French Government, ended in disaster. The first stage of the race from Toulon to Minorca was completed without mishap ; but so violent a gale sprang up shortly......

The Russian Government Is Doing Its Best To Conciliate...

opponents without submitting to the revolutionaries. It recently liberated the Orthodox sects, the Roman Catholics, and the Lutherans from the penal laws against their religious......

Germany Has Been Greatly Interested In A Curious Ecclesi-...

incident. The German Emperor while staying near Metz summoned his Chancellor, Count von Billow; Cardinal Kopp, Prince-Bishop of Breslau ; and Cardinal Fischer, Arch- bishop of......

President Roosevelt Has Apparently Terminated The Strikes...

an appeal to the common-sense of the people. These strikes were formidable because the employers brought in an organised band of "strike breakers," many of whom were negroes.......

The Foreign Editor Of The Revue De Paris, M. Victor

Berard, publishes in its issue for May an interesting statement about the foreign policy of the German Emperor. We quote from the Times's translation :—" During the last ten......

F Riday's News Seems To Show That The Naval Battle Will

take place, probably in the Formosa Channel, within the next ten days. The Daily Mail of Friday states that there is some reason to surmise that the Russian fleet has entered......

News Of The Week.

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