28 JUNE 1902, page 18

Spain Must Be Increasing In Wealth. The Government Has Just

askedfor a 'hien of thikteen and a half inillions at ,4 per cent., the minimum tender to be £90. Ten times the amount has been.subscribed, and the 10 per cent. deposit in......

In The House Of Commons On Monday, Mr. Balfour Made

an announcement: of great importance in regard to the Educa- tion Bill. One of the objections urged against the Bill by the plain man who is not concerned with the religious......

The German Emperor Has Made Another Striking Speech, This...

at Aix-la-Chapelle. He declared that "the mighty German Army was the support of the peace of Europe," amid which " the German tongue was passing beyond seas." Every "thought of......

The Honours List Was By The King's Special Desire Published

on Thursday. Taken as a whole, it is a thoroughly sound and respectable list, but, we must confess, also a little dull. The seven new Peers all deserve their honours so well......

The New French Government Has Taken A Very Impradent Step.

M. Combos, Premier and Minister of the Interior, has issued a circular directing that no one shall be admitted into Government service, or promoted in that service, without a......

The American Congress Has Practically Decided That The...

shall be cut through Panama, and not through Nicaragua. We believe the decision to be a wise one, the Panama route being shorter by fiveLsi xtbs—twenty seven miles against a......

In Addition, The King Has Founded A Nevt Oxder, The

" Order of Merit," the qualification being distinction of the kind' that qualifies for election by the Committee of the Athenfeam. The first members are LOrd Roberts, Lord......

The St. Petersburg Correspondent Of The Times Forwards A...

illustration of the depth of the cleavage between the Government and the cultivated classes. The new Minister of the Interior, M. Plehvkhaa advised 'the Czar to suspend the......

The American Senate Positively Refuses, Notwithstanding...

give the Cubans preferential 'terms for the import of their sugar, without which the T islanders say they must give up the cultivation. The resist- ance is not due entirely to......