This Intimation Has Greatly Startled The Powers. France,...
disapproving, has assented to the pro- posal, and America accepts it with reserves; but Germany is bitterly annoyed, Austria and Italy side with Germany, and Great Britain,......
News Of The Week.
T HE scene in China has changed greatly this week, Russia having, for the moment at least, seceded from the Concert. On September let the Government published in St. Petersburg......
The Court Of China Has, It Is Alleged, Appointed Li
Hung Chang, Prince Ching, .Yung-Ln, and Hsu-tung, another reactionary noble, its plenipotentiaries, and the first-named will, it is alleged, at once proceed to Tientsin. He......
Last Saturday News Was Received That Lord Roberta Had Issued
a proclamation annexing the Transvaal. As we have explained elsewhere, this of course is, strictly speaking, a procla- mation resuming the Queen's sovereignty, for, as the......
On Friday The Result Of The Boers' Last Stand Remained
undecided. The situation is briefly as follows. Botha and the major part of the Boers still in arms retreated on Lyden- burg, and were followed by General Buller till he found......
Three New And Important Facts Come Out In Admiral Sey-
mour's report upon his relief expedition. One is that he felt compelled to go because he bad received a despatch from Sir Claude Macdonald saying that unless relief arrived at......
