28 DECEMBER 1895, page 2

Some English Men Of Letters Have Followed Snit By Drawing

up an eloquent protest addressed to literary men in the United States against a war which could not but leave the most serious and injurious traces upon our literature. There......

Sir John Gorst, The Vice-president Of The Council Of Edu-

cation, who represents the Education policy of the Govern- ment in the House of Commons, made a very good speech at Cardiff yesterday week on the question of the moment, the......

The Financial Pressure At Constantinople Is Believed To...

extreme. The revenue is coming in very badly ; the Loan-mongers of Constantinople are alarmed ; and the cost of the incessant movement of troops is very great. The expenses of......

Sir John Gorst Also Spoke Very Strongly Of The Need

for both better elementary and better technical education in the rural districts. He thought the pupil-teachers sadly below the mark, and strongly advocated more organised......

The Times Of Monday Gives A Summary Of The Annual

report of the Secretary of the United States Navy, just issued, from which it appears that, though America has some two dozen modern warships, some of which are very fine......

An Occasional Correspondent Of The Times, Writing From...

that French influence is now supreme there. The French representatives keep up a constant worry, which, in the judgment of the writer, keeps the Siamese from im- proving......

There Is Practically No News From Turkey, Except A Rumour

that Zeitun, the mountain fastness of the Armenians, which they recently seized, capturing a whole Turkish battalion, has fallen, and its defenders have dispersed in the hills.......

The French Difficulty With Brazil, Which Is Almost Identical

with our own with Venezuela, seems to be becoming more acute. The Governor of French Guiana, while opening the Council General on November 18th, stated that an arbitrator had......