22 JANUARY 1887, page 5

The Recent Lean Years.

T HE Report of the Royal Commission on the Depression of Trade—of which Lord Iddesleigh was Chairman, and of which so much was expected—is not very interesting, because it has......

The Conflict In Germany.

E NGLISHMEN, when discussing the situation in Germany, are in danger of forgetting some of their own first prin- ciples. They are so unwilling that Germany should be defeated,......