30 SEPTEMBER 1899, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE Cabinet again met on Friday, and again we can only say that the question of peace and war is officially undecided. It seems, however, almost certain that there will be war,......

The General Idea In France Seems Now To Be That

the country will remain uneasily quiet until next autumn, when the great Exhibition will be over. It is, however, doubtful whether the present Government will remain, as the......

Mr. Balfour On Thursday, At A Luncheon Given To Him

at Dundee on his receiving the freedom of the city, dwelt with a deep sense of responsibility on the prospect of war. The Government, he declared, had shown "the utmost measure......

We Have Several Times Dwelt Upon The Fact That Mr.

Kipling performs a great and truly patriotic function in acting as interpreter to the nation. He knows how to show his countrymen in the lightning flash of inspiration the......

When And How The War Will Begin It Is Difficult

to predict. There are rumours that the Boers will attack through Zululand, -crossing be Buffalo River at Rorke's Drift, their object being to seize the railway and cut our......

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