2 NOVEMBER 1878, page 1

Sir W. Harcourt Delivered A Striking Speech At...

Tuesday, a speech which signifies, among other things, that one of the most acute men in England thinks the tide of Tory popularity is rapidly flowing out. We have commented on......

Mr. Gladstone Delivered A Great Speech At Rhyl On Thursday,

on the political situation. It was studiously moderate, though the criticism of the policy of transforming the Queen into an Empress, and then using the prerogative in a manner......

News Of The Week.

T HE Government has decided that all preparations for the inva- sion of Afghanistan shall be completed, but that Gholam Hussein Khan shall take an ultimatum to Shere Ali warning......

One Of The Unexplained Facts Of The Situation Is The

excessive bitterness of the Russian journals on behalf of Afghanistan. They call loudly on their Government to defend the Ameer, and declare that Afghanistan must not be annexed......

The Simla Correspondents Of The Daily News And Standard Both

report that Indian society, civil and military, is disgusted and humiliated by the resolve to send an ultimatum to the Ameer before declaring war, and the former adds that Lord......

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