8 SEPTEMBER 1900, page 2

The Czar Is Exceedingly Desirous Just Now That The French

should follow his lead in Chinese affairs. Unfortunately for him, he has been advised not to visit the Paris Exhibition, as the French had greatly wished, and he has accordingly......

The Trade - Union Congress Opened On Monday At Huddersfield,

Mr. William Pickles delivering the Pre- sidential address on the following day. Ten years ago, said Mr. Pickles, the problem was how best to determine toe rights and duties of......

The Sultan Celebrated The Jubilee Of His Accession On Sep-

tember 1st. His Majesty did not venture to appear in public, but he received presents and congratulations from most of the Powers of the world. All the Ambassadors were present......

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......

The Only Other Item Of South African News Of Importance

is the heroic defence of Ladybrand. On Tuesday news was received that a body of one hundred and fifty British soldiers without any large guns were being besieged at Ladybrand by......

A Congress Of British Chambers Of Commerce Opened Its...

in Paris on Wednesday, Lord Avebury (Sir J. Lubbock), as Chairman, delivering the address. His speech touched on many topics, as, for example, the evil of investors displaying......

The Due D'orleans, The French Pretender, Having "defended...

and denounced Jewish and Masonic cosmopolitanism," writes to the Gazette de France to condemn centralisation. "Decentralisation," he says, "is economy; it is liberty ; it is the......