31 DECEMBER 1898, page 2

The Spanish Premier, Senor Sagasta, Has Been Very Ill With

pneumonia, but is reported recovering. He had, he told an interviewer, resolved to recommend a great many reforms to the Queen-Regent, and especially to correct the grand abuse......

Sir William Harcourt Closes His Series Of Letters To T L

Times by one on "The Awakening of the Bishops," whi' appears in Thursday's issue. If the tone and general tecIP° of his previous writings on the Church question had been......

Mr. Gorst, The Financial Adviser To The Khedive—i.e., Th...

Chancellor of the Exchequer—publishes in the official Journal of December 21st some very interesting criticisms of the Egyptian Budget. The Budget shows, he says, that th......

The Daily News Of Wednesday Republishes From The China Mail

an account of an interview with the reformer, Yang-su- wei, which is well worth reading. The reformer was admitted to intimate conversation with the Emperor, and found him,......

The Result Of The So-called Plebiscite Organised By Th Daily

Mail cannot of course be seriously regarded as a indication of what the Liberal party thinks, but the result nevertheless, of some interest. The prize-winners—i.e., thee who......

The Plague Appears Really To Have Made Some Impression Upon

Hindoo minds. A great meeting was held at Bombay on Wednesday, at which some five thousand " Bohras " were present with their high priest, together with Professor Haff- kine,......

We Question If The Accounts From The Philippines...

the governing facts. Those accounts must come originally from leading natives, and the leading natives want to persuade the Americans that "the people" insist upon independence.......