20 OCTOBER 1894, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE cloud is settling heavily upon the Czar. The attempt to conceal the gravity of his illness has suddenly been abandoned by the officials, and on the 16th inst. the following......

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It Is Stated, In Telegrams From Paris, Berlin, St....

and New York, that the British Government has suggested to the Continental and American Governments that the time has arrived for Europe to mediate between China and Japan. All......

Nothing Whatever Is Accurately Known Of What Is Occurring In

the Japanese war with China. There may be means of reconciling the telegrams, but judging only from internal evidence, we should say that they are drawn or inspired by Japanese......

According To The Latest Intelligence, Which Is In Part Con-

firmed by Lord Rosebery's action, the peace party in Pekin is in the ascendant. The proposals have been rejected as above, but it is hinted that negotiations may still continue.......

A Newspaper Published At Lahore States With Much Detail...

according to bazaar report, the Ameer of Afghanistan is dead ; that before his death he nominated his eldest son, Habibullah Khan, his successor, and that he advised him, if lie......

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