27 JULY 1901, page 2

It Seems To Be Understood In Germany That The Agrarians

have triumphed over the Emperor, and that the new tariff will, as regards articles of food, be based on Protectionist ideas. According to the Beobachter of Stuttgart, which is......

All Correspondents Report Continued Uneasiness In The...

from the strong Russian protec. tion now given to Bulgaria, Servia, and Montenegro. The Prince of the latter district in particular is greatly elated by his daughter's new......

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday The Royal Declaration

Bill was read a second time by a majority of 90 votes (96 to 6). Lord Salisbury made a very powerful speech in which he dwelt on the necessity, on the one hand, for cutting awry......

In The House Of Commons On Monday Mr. Balfour Made

the usual statement as to public business. After claiming the whole of the time of the House till the end of the Session, he announced that the Loan Bill, the Education Bill,......

Though The Subject Of Debate Was So Dull, Monday Evening

was marked by a very disagreeable incident. Mr. Gibson Bowles thought fit to pay off old scores by making a personal attack on the Ministry of great violence. He spoke......

The Elections For The French Councils-general, Which Play...

Prefects of Departments the part which the Chambers play towards the general Executive, have gone en- tirely in favour of the Republicans, who have gained 80 seats and lost 33.......

The House Of Lords Is Not A Literary Body, But

on Monday the Peers showed a very wise appreciation of the spirit, if not of the letter, of Milton's Immortal apophthegm, " The State shall be my governors, but not my critics,"......

Our Own Opinion Is Decidedly Against A Department Of Art

in any shape or form. When a great public building is being erected, by all means let an ad hoe Committee be appointed to arrange for its decoration, as the Prince Consort's......