31 MARCH 1906, page 1

News Of The Vimm A Very Serious Situation Has Arisen In

the Empire owing to the resignation of the Natal Ministry, not on local grounds, but because of the action of the Imperial Govern- ment. According to the statement made by Lord......

We Are Not Blind To The Grave Nature Of The

various con- siderations involved, but, unless the facts turn out to be different from what they appear to be, we cannot think the Government were justified in interfering with......

Though The Algeciras Conference Is Still At Work, There...

good reason to believe that a compromise has been arrived at, and that an agreement satisfactory to both France and Germany will be reached both as regards the police and the......

No Doubt When The Dread Of A Native Rising Is

in the air the difficulties of the Imperial Government are greatly increased, for in practice they cannot say : "Remember that the responsi- bility is entirely yours, and if, by......

..* The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manuscript, In...

case.......

In Spite, However, Of These Considerations, We Maintain...

Imperial Government must use the greatest possible discretion, and should only interfere with executive action in a self-governing Colony with the most extreme re- luctance.......

The German Navy Bill, Which Provides Inter Alia For Six

cruisers for foreign service and for increasing the tonnage of future battleships, was passed in the Reichstag on Wednesday. The Social Democrats opposed the measure, Herr Bebel......