5 NOVEMBER 1898, page 4

The American Colonies. T He American People Have Taken...

plunge. They have decided to accept a great and widely divided Colonial Empire, which, under an irresistible though inexplicable historic law, will expand and ex pand until......

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THE ASPECT OF AFFAIRS TO-DAY. W E do not pretend to know the secrets of Cabinets, and no human being can be quite sure that he fully understands the currents of emotion now......