21 NOVEMBER 1908, page 18

The Paris Correspondent Of The Times Summarises In Last...

paper M. Chaumet's gloomy Report on the French Navy. It points out that, adopting the German basis of twenty years for the life of a battleship, France has only twelve......

The Emperor Of China Died On Saturday Last. At Least

such was the official announcement made on Sunday at Peking ; but there had been some rumours that he really died earlier in the week. He declined, as the Times correspondent......

An Interesting Debate On Unemployment Took Place In The...

yesterday week. In his reply to the interpellations of the Centre Party and Socialists, Herr Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Secretary of State for the Interior, contended that......

The House Of Commons During The Week Has Been Engaged

on the Report stage of the Licensing Bill. We do not propose, however, to attempt to deal with these guillotine- haunted debates. The real interest has already been transferred......

The Persian Correspondent Of The Tintes Announced On...

that the Constitutionalists in Teheran had just held their first meeting since the coup d'etat. Three thousand Persian Cossacks were present, but they did not intimidate the......

The Almost Simultaneous Death Of The Emperor And...

many difficulties. It ensured the restoration of the rightful succession, and saved the country from another regency by the late Empress-Dowager. As things have turned out,......

The King And Queen Of Sweden Were Entertained At A

banquet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening. In the course of his speech of welcome King Edward remarked :— "Our two countries have always had so much in common in regard to......