22 FEBRUARY 1896, page 1

The Experts Still Differ As To The Probability That Nansen

is returning after having reached the North Pole. They all, however, allow that it is possible, and all hold that the news sent forward was believed by Kusbnareff, who is the......

The Struggle In Abyssinia, Which Concentrates All...

but almost escapes attention in the rest of Europe, is drawing to a head. A final effort after agreement h s failed, the Emperor Menelek refusing peremptorily to submit to any......

France, According To The Correspondents, Is In The Throes Of

a "crisis." M. Ricard, Minister of Justice, finding that the examining Magistrate, M. Rempler, who was intrusted with the examination of the bribe-giving alleged against the......

Prince Ferdinand Has Achieved His First Object. It Is...

announced that all the Powers have now agreed to recognise him as Prince of Bulgaria, without raising the question of his precise position in Eastern Roumelia, which is part of......

News Of The Week.

T HE best news we have about the Venezuela dispute is the incident which occurred in Parliament on Monday. As we have stated elsewhere, the British and American Govern- ments......

Johannesburg Has Suffered From A Strange Misfortune....

dynamite are used in the mines, and on Wednesday eight trucks full of the explosive, which had been standing for three days in the sun, exploded in the station of Vredendorp, a......

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