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Spain Has Sold The Remains Of Her Empire In The

Far East —consisting of the Caroline, Pelew, and Marianne Islands, except Guam, which already belongs to America—to Germany for 25,000,000 pesetas,—a sum equal to about......

The Royalists In The Chamber Endeavoured To Defend The Scene

at Auteuil as " an explosion of popular disgust," but a Resolution proposed by M. Baucel, and accepted by M. Dupuy, denouncing the affair as a scandal, was carried by 513 to 32,......

In The House Of Commons On Monday, Mr. Balfour Moved

the vote of £30,000 to Lord Kitchener. He was followed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who told the old story out of Punch of the little girl whose mother said of swearing :......

Mr. Balfour's Defence Of Lord Kitchener Was Excellent...

matter and manner. He dwelt upon the necessity of making the overthrow of Mandism final, and on the danger to which our officers and troops would have been exposed by a......

The Hatred Of The Upper Classes For The Republic Has

been exasperated by these occurrences into a sort of frenzy. Pre- sident Loubet, who on Sunday visited the racecourse at Auteuil, was not only hooted and insulted with cries of......

Mr. Morley's Speech Was Strong, But Less Highly Coloured...

his address in the Forest of Dean. He asked the Govern- ment whether they held that there was no kind of military action for which the plea of political necessity was not a good......

The Honours List For The Queen's Eightieth Birthday Is In

no sense sensational. There are no new Peers, and only six Baronets. Of these the most distinguished are Sir Samuel Way, the Chief Justice of South Australia, and Professor......

Many Trials Will, It Is Believed, Spring From The Ashes

of the great one. The Marquis du Paty de Clam has been arrested, and will be tried on a charge arising from the evidence accepted by the Court of Cessation ; and it is reported......