22 MAY 1897, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE SULTAN AND THE CZAR. T HE height to which the Sultan has risen, and the depth of the humiliation to which the Concert has led Europe, may be measured by the words of the......

Freedom " As In Germany."

I T is probable that the majority of Sovereigns, and of Ministers too, become in old age, if they are tolerably successful men, rather reactionary in opinion. Alexander II. of......

Sir William Harcourt On Eternal Principles.

S IR WILLIAM HARCOURT told the National Liberal Club on Wednesday night that in social gatherings he holds " nothing more noxious than speaking," but as that remark was the......