23 JANUARY 1909, page 2

As Long As The Young Turks In Exile In Egypt

did not plot against the Sultan's life, or take any other unfair advantage of the protection accorded them, Lord Cromer secured to them immunity from arrest and destruction. A......

Lord Cromer Was The Chief Guest At The Annual Dinner

of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce on Monday night. We have dealt with his speech elsewhere, but must mention here one or two specially striking passages in a memorable address.......

Herr Dernburg, The German Colonial Secretary, Delivered A...

last Sunday at Dresden before the King of Saxony. His object, as the Times correspondent says, was to excite interest in colonial development, and he seems to have succeeded......

A Meeting Of The Executive Committee Of The Unionist...

Club was held on Thursday, when the position of Unionist Free-trade Members of Parliament was considered in view of the action of the Confederates. It was resolved that every......

The Passage We Have Just Quoted Is As Sound Politically

as morally, and we do not doubt that the effect on Turkish opinion was as Lord Cromer describes, and that to it wo owe a good deal of the sympathy now shown to Britain by the......

The Difficulties Of Herr Sydow's Position Are Further...

by the Prussian Budget Estimates presented by Baron von Rheinbaben in the Lower House of the Prussian Diet. The financial year 1907-8 closed with a deficit of £3,500,000 ;......

The Report Of The Royal Commission On Coast Erosion And

Afforestation was published on Friday week. We have dealt at length elsewhere with the Report on the economic side, but may note here a political argument of no small moment. If......

An Article In The Times Of Monday Reminds Us How

much of the world remains unexplored, although it may be true that the great days of exploration are over. There is no longer a whole continent like Africa, before us. The......