24 FEBRUARY 1906, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE KING'S SPEECH. T HOSE who looked for a legislative programme in the King's Speech which would be at once foolish and violent, and hoped that the cause of Free-trade might be......

The Algeciras Conference.

I T is to be feared that the Algeciras Conference will break up without result. Though there is no need to dread that war, or even a state of things pointing immediately to war,......