24 SEPTEMBER 1904, page 1

T Here Has Been Little News From The Far East. It

seems certain that Kuropatkin intends to defend Mukden, and that Marshal Oyama has decided with his fresh reinforcements to endeavour once more to envelop the Russian army ; but......

The Times Published Last Saturday The Text Of The British

Treaty with Tibet, which had been forwarded to Pekin, and was there shown to its correspondent. There are ten clauses of which the first provides for a delimitation of the......

According To An Exchange Telegram From St. Petersburg...

Friday's papers, it was decided at an extra- ordinary meeting of a Commission appointed by the Russian Government that coal, cotton, and iron materials should be declared to be......

The American Government Have Also Recently Made An...

on the same lines, and have clearly laid down the principles involved. It cannot, they say, be admitted that the absence of proof, in its nature impossible to make, can justify......

All Manner Of Rumours Arrive From Port Arthur, Which Is

again to fall "within ten days " ; but the only thing certain is that the protracted contest is exasperating both parties to madness. No quarter is given, and apparently no......

Clearly That Power Is Very Great, If Not, Indeed, Trans-

cendent, for on September 15th a decree issued by order of the Chinese Emperor deposes the Dalai Lama, and orders that his spiritual dignities shall be transferred to the Teshu......

News Of The Week.

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