11 MARCH 1899, page 1

There Is Hope That Military Expenditure In Europe Is...

its limit. M. de Freycinet, the French War Minister, on Wednesday confessed to the Cham ber that, although German soldiers would outnumber French soldiers, France, with her......

News Of The Week.

T HE French are greatly annoyed bythe Muscat incident, and M. Dekasse thinks it necessary to claim a moral victory. In a speech to the Chamber on Monday he affirmed that the......

"major" Esterhazy Has Published Some More " Revela- Tions "

which substantially amount to this, that he is a per- secuted hero of discipline, for that whatever he did was done by order of his superiors on the Staff. The revelations do......

The Tension Between England And Russia As To Their Pre-

tensions in China grows more acute. As we mentioned last week, the Russians object to clauses in a Chinese railway contract giving to the proprietors of the Northern Railway......

Something Else Has Occurred In China Which It Is Not

easy to understand. The Italian Government, having a permanent desire to pose as one of the active Powers, asked for the lease of Sanmun, a port in Chekiang with a peculiarly......

Iv The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manuscript, In Any

case.......