26 DECEMBER 1903, page 1

At Present Nothing Is Certain Except That If Japan Is

attacked by two Powers, Great Britain must intervene ; while if Russia is attacked by two, France must either declare war, or, accepting a British alliance, must renounce her......

The German Emperor Has Recovered His Power Of Loud Speech,

and we congratulate both him and his countrymen ; but it is a pity that his first use of his recovery has been to wound the historic pride' of Great Britain. Speaking at Hanover......

The Japanese Will Desire First Of All To Make Their

seas safe, and so secure an inviolable base of operations. It is reported on good authority that they have purchased or hired numerous trading steamers to serve as transports.......

News Of The Week.

W AR between Russia and Japan draws perceptibly nearer. The Russian Government, which always needs time to draw its great but scattered resources together, delayed its answer to......

Fresh Light Is Thrown On The Supersession Of M. De

Witte by a recent issue of the Copenhagen Politiken. The Danish paper gives a summary of the views on the treatment of Finland expressed by the Russian ex-Minister of Finance in......

(1 * The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manwcript, In...

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