On Monday In The French Chamber M. :monis, The New
Prime Minister, made a statement of policy. The chief financial proposal was an income-tax scheme which is only in accordance with expectations, as M. Caillaux is Minister of......
The Question Of The Baghdad Railway Has Been Very Prominent
during the week, owing first to rumours of an agreement, and secondly to Sir Edward Grey's guarded but very firm statement in regard to British rights and interests made in the......
It Is Hardly Necessary To Add That The Action Of
the United States is in no sense unfriendly to the existing Mexican Government, and that it has not behind it any sinister move- ment either in the direction of annexation or of......
News Of The Week.
T HE most striking event in foreign affairs has been the sudden mobilisation of the American Army. Some 32,000 troops are under orders to proceed to the Mexican frontier, while......
In Our Opinion The Powers We Thus Possess Should Be
used in no dog-in-the-manger spirit. On the contrary, it is our desire, and we believe the desire of the British Foreign Office, that they should be employed to secure the true......
Whilst Negotiations Are Proceeding Perhaps The Less Said...
details the better. We may point out, however, that it is absurd to talk as if the British position were a weak one. Not only do our treaties with the Sultan of Koweit make our......