25 AUGUST 1906, page 2

The Material Prosperity Of Switzerland Is Strikingly...

the statistics just published. During the last fifty- five years the wealth of the country, not including State property, has risen from £400,000,000 to £680,000,000. The......

The Amazing Story Of The Murder Of Redvan Pasha, The

Prefect of Constantinople, recalling in its primitive ferocity one of the blood-feuds of mediaeval Italy, is now told in full by the Constantinople correspondent of the Times in......

. The Situation In Crete Has Become Very Peculiar. It

was rumoured that Prince George, whose administration has not been a success, was to be allowed to retire, and that the appointment of his successor was to rest in the hands of......

The Times Of Wednesday Prints A Long And Interesting Letter

from a Washington correspondent on the return of Mr. Bryan to the States, and his chances of election to the Presidency in 1908. The writer points out as a curious sign of the......

In Both Directions The Omens Are Favourable To Him. "a

single bad harvest would make the Democratic demand for tariff revision almost irresistible," and though Mr. Roose- velt has stolen the Democratic thunder by his campaign......

Cuba At This Moment Is In The Thick Of A

curious rebellion, of which General Jose Miguel Gomez is said to have been the inspirer. Over a thousand insurgents have taken up arms, and have captured the town of San Luis in......

All Shamil's Support Of The Assassins, And Abdurrezzak's...

to move the Sultan. It was not until his Ministers convinced him of the dangers to his authority of condoning the crime that he resolved to take action, ordered the surrender of......

The Scandals Which Have Been Brought To Light In The

conduct of the German Colonial Department—they bear a curious likenesS to the state of affairs revealed by our War Stores Report—have raised the question of the connexion......

M. Roume, The Governor-general Of French West Africa,...

speech at Timbuktu last month which is repro- duced in the N*che Coloniale and summarised in Thursday's Times. Timbuktu was the most active centre of the slave trade a few years......