NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE country has been greatly concerned all through the week at Lord Salisbury's condition. The alarming nature of the earlier bulletins was increased by the announce- ment on Thursday night that Lord Salisbury's state was critical, and that little hope of his recovery was entertained. On Friday morning "no improvement" were the words of the bulletin, and the Press Association telegram from Hatfield stated that Lord Salisbury was slowly but surely sinking. Although he has now been a year out of office, and public memory is short, Lord Salisbury's history and character have preserved for him great influence, and have made him while his health continued a tower of defence for the Unionist party. His disappearance from the scene must leave a perceptible vacancy which the men of a newer generation may find it hard to fill.
