26 DECEMBER 1908, page 1

The Prime Minister Made The Gratifying Statement In The...

Chamber on Tuesday that Queen Wilhelmina, who was in perfect health, was in the happy expectation of an heir to the throne. The announcement was greeted with hearty cheers, and......

While President Castro Has Been Rousing The Curiosity Of The

European Press, and especially that of Berlin, and exciting the cupidity of concession-hunters, shipbuilders, and the manufacturers of warlike stores, the Opposition in......

This Time Last Year We Ventured To Assert That In

the very near future the world would be chiefly occupied with the question of the South Slays. We shall hardly be called rash prophets if we renew our prediction, and assert......

News Of The Week.

T HE present is the last issue of the Spectator which will appear in the year 1908. On the whole, it may be said that the outlook in foreign affairs is better than could have......

Even Though The Bulgarian And Austrian Obstacles To The...

may be got over, there will of course remain the question of how to deal with the claims of Servia and Monte- negro. As these, however, are general rather than specific claims,......

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