4 AUGUST 1900, page 2

The Week Has Been Marked By A Great Crime. The

Anar- chists have murdered the King of Italy, a Monarch against whom there is no allegation, even among Republicans. Late in the evening of Sunday last King Humbert was......

The Aged Queen Has Received Another Severe Blow In The

death of her second son, Prince Alfred, reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, at the age of fifty-four. A sailor by profession, and, it is said, a competent Admiral, the Prince......

As We Have Pointed Out Elsewhere, The Crime Will Probably

have few political consequences, but this insecurity of the Kings, Presidents, and prominent statesmen is a most serious political evil. It makes them all distrust liberal......

Lord Rosebery Followed In A Very Pessimistic, Nay,...

in which he declared a propos of Lord Salisbury's remarks as to failure of past schemes of invasion: "Unhappy is the nation that relies for its security on its past history."......

The Way In Which Sensational Crimes Always Produce Imi-...

was illustrated this week by the attack made on the Shah, who is now visiting the Paris Exhibition. As he was driving in the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne in an open carriage at 9......

The German Emperor Has Made A Grave Mistake. Address- Ing

the troops which left Bremerhaven on Friday week for China, his Majesty ordered them to give no quarter and take no prisoners, but use their weapons so that, like the Hans under......

Good News From South Africa Has Come Even Quicker Than

we hoped, and we are often accused of being too optimistic. On Saturday last Lord Roberts was able to report that 5,000 Boers had been hemmed in by Generals Hunter and Rundle in......

In The House Of Lords On Friday, July 27th, Lord

Wemyss again mentioned the opinion of the British Military Attach6 unnamed who had declared that it was all-important that the country "should be strong and unassailable in the......