9 APRIL 1898, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE NEW POLICY IN THE FAR EAST. M R. BA LFOUR'S speech of Tuesday was not, as the ignorant outside world perhaps expected, a sensa- tional deliverance, but was a grave statement......

An Empire In Catalepsy.

W E see that Mr. Balfour is sneered at for his " philosophical " remarks upon the spectacle presented by China ; but surely that spectacle is of the highest interest to every......

The United States And Spain. A Merica Is Essentially The...

of the unexpected and the dramatic,—the land where strange things happen instead of being merely talked about. Think what is the actual result of President McKinley's sudden......