8 JUNE 1901, page 2

The Sitting Of The House Of Commons On Thursday Was

chiefly devoted—very wisely—to the supply of horses for the war. It was alleged, and practically admitted, that the supply had at first been bad, that panics prices were paid......

The Only News From China This Week Is That There

has been a brawl between some French soldiers and British soldiers who were acting as police in Tientsin, in which two of the former were killed, and that Count von Waldersee......

M. Delcasse, The French Minister Of Foreign Affairs, On...

made an optimist speech in the Chamber on China which confirms the report that Europe has decided to retreat. The French troops employed, he says, will speedily be "re-......

The Special Committee Appointed To Make Recommenda- Tions...

the reorganisation of the War Office has published its Report. Some of its counsels are rather vague, as, for example, "to simplify all such regulations as cannot be dispensed......

We Have No Answer To Give Mr. Morley As To

the blunders committed in the way of preparation except that they show that the British Government had not designed the war; but he seems to us to shirk the most serious......

The Greek Members In The Cretan Chamber Have Passed...

a Resolution affirming the necessity of union with Greece, the Mussulmans who objected being paled out of order. The vote has excited enthusiasm at Athens, and is strongly......

Mr. Morley, Speaking On Monday To His Constituents At...

put the case for the Pro-Boer section of the Liberals with greater temperance than has recently been done, but his speech was not very conclusive. He refused absolutely to decry......

Mr. Morley Made A Second Speech At Brechin On Wednesday,

much of which was an eloquent denunciation of waste on war, but it contained an incidental explanation of some interest. Speaking with the authority of a trustee of the Fund,......