5 FEBRUARY 1916, page 4

Topics Of The Day.

THE FUTURE OF SYRIA. T HE lull in the war has given opportunities for discuss- ing the future. A good deal of late has been said behind the scenes in regard to the fate of Syria......

The Case Of The Appam.'

A GERMAN commerce destroyer is once more at large ; : shehas done a good deal of damage, and may do more before she is rounded up, as she certainly will be, Her name is said to......