27 JANUARY 1900, page 17

News Of The Week.

T HE week has been one of suspense and anxiety. On Wednesday morning the newspapers published an official despatch from General Buller, dated Tuesday evening at 6.20 p.m.,......

The Russian Authorities, Warned No Doubt By Recent Events In

France, are dealing in drastic fashion with the officers and officials implicated in the bribery scandals in the Odessa district. The chief of the Recruiting Department in that......

M. Zola Publishes A Long Account In Tuesday's Aurore Of

his examination of the dossier of his father at the War Office. The results of his efforts to vindicate the memory of his father, cruelly aspersed as a cashiered adventurer by......

The Military Situation In The Rest Of South Africa Has

not changed during the past week, but there are indications that this period of unstable equilibrium will not last long. Both on the !dodder and round Coleeberg there are signs......

The Answer Of The Archbishop Of Canterbury To The Depu-

tation which went to him to protest against the opinion of the two Primates in regard to the use of incense and cere- monial lights was in many ways very striking. If we under-......

It May Be That We Have Yet Another Cycle Of

disasters in front of us. On the other hand, it is quite possible the abandonment of Spion Kop may prove, not the prelude to disaster, but to victory. But even if our troops......

It Was Announced On Thursday That The Emperor Of China

has issued an edict which amounts to abdication. He names the son of the Prince of Tuan (a boy of nine) as his successor to the Throne, and states that his health prevents his......

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