25 MARCH 1905, page 2

Agreement In Regard To The Loan Will Never Be Carried

out. The proposal to impose a kind of tribute on the Transvaal was one which we condemned from the very first as likely to prove a source of friction and danger. The scheme ran......

In Reply To A Question In The Commons From Mr.

Norman as to the Army stores scandal, Mr. Arnold-Forster made a detailed statement on Monday as to the history of these transactions. He explained that as the result of the......

The Emperor Ended His Speech As Follows:—" We Are The

salt of the earth, but we must also prove ourselves worthy of this high calling." That is a proud saying, but the worst of Biblical quotations is that every one knows the......

The Subject Was Brought Up Again On Wednesday By Major

Seely, to enable the Colonial Secretary—who had blundered badly over his statement in regard to the premiums on the proposed Transvaal loan—to explain the situation in regard to......

The Forecast Of The Indian Budget Published By The India

Office on Wednesday is highly favourable. Owing to im- provements in the receipts from the railways, from opium, from salt, Excise, Customs, and other minor sources, the net......

The German Emperor Made A Characteristic Speech At Bremen On

Wednesday, the occasion being the unveiling of an equestrian statue of his father. " When I came to the throne after my grandfather's Titanic age, I swore a soldier's oath......

The President Of Venezuela Is Again Giving Trouble....

Britain, France, and Holland all complain of the violent ill-treatment of their subjects, generally for pecuniary objects, and constant rumours are circulated of the......

The Question Of The Transvaal War Contribution Loan Was...

during the discussion on the Vote on Account in the Commons on Monday by Mr. McCrae, who asked the Govern- ment to inform the House and the country why the first instal l ment......