The News Of The Week From China Is Distinctly Bad.
The secret society which calls itself the "Boxers," and which was first organised in Shantung for the protection of China against the foreigner, has gradually worked its way to......
On Tuesday Lord Salisbury Made A Speech At The Banquet
of the City of London Conservative Association. After touching on the housing question, and deploring th fact that it had become so much a matter of class and party attack, and......
The Result Of The South Manchester Election Was Declared On
the evening of May 26th, Mr. Peel, a Liberal Unionist, and the eldest son of Lord Peel, being returned by a majority of 2,039 over his opponent. As in 1895 the Unionist majority......
The Powers Interested In Africa Have Signed A Convention For
the preservation of the wild animals within their dominions. Lions, leopards, hymnas, baboons, all birds of prey (except vultures), owls, crocodiles, and poisonous snakes, are......
The Reports From Ashanti Are Still Unfavourable, A Small...
of Haussas with a British officer having been cutoff and slain. Coomassie, however, has not fallen, though it is reported, we regret to say, that the Hausaa quarters have been......
In The House Of Lords On Friday, May 25th, The
Duke of Bedford raised a debate on the condition of the armed forest of the nation. His speech was excellent both in tone and substance. He urged on the Government the......
The Rumour Of General De Galliffet's Resignation...
He is seventy, his heart is in bad condition, and he can no longer stand up under his heavy duties and, to use his own phrase, "his emotions." He was only kept from fainting in......
General De Galliffet Has Resigned. He And His Colleagues...
charged in the Chamber on Monday with a plot to dis- credit the Army by proving that M. Cernuschi had been paid by the Staff to bear false witness at Rennes against Dreyfus. The......
In Pekin, As In Paris, All Depends Upon The Attitude
of the soldiers. The mob, which is anti-foreign, cannot rise without their consent, and their attitude is uncertain. They must for a time have adhered to the Empress-Regent, or......
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