30 JANUARY 1904, page 17

Europe Has Sustained A Permanent Loss Through The...

by fire of the Turin Library. The fire, caused, it is believed, by some defect in the electric apparatus, burnt the library out in four hours in the *early morning of the 26th......

News Of The Week.

T HE entr'acte in the great drama of the Far East still con- tinues. It is confidently affirmed by the Daily Graphic of Friday that the draft of the Russian reply was completed......

The Continental Journals Seem Much Interested In A Visit...

during the week by King Leopold to Berlin. The idea is that he is seeking an ally against the Powers which are pressing him to break up the cruel monopolies that are crushing......

The German Government Appears Determined To Intensify Its...

In the coarse of a debate in the Reichs- tag on finance Count von Billow on Monday admitted that the plan of expropriating Polish landowners had not suc- ceeded, but declared......

We Print A Letter From A Correspondent Who Sends Us

an extract from a speech by Senor Silvela.—who has recently quitted the Parliamentary arena after a long and active career—which has not, we think, before appeared in English.......

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