12 AUGUST 1905, page 2

The Berlin Correspondent Of The Times,a Very Cool...

strongly of the discontent which begins to be mani- fested in Germany with the Emperor's Weltpolitik. The people are dissatisfied with the progress'of affairs in South- West......

• Bengal Now Contains Eighty Millions Of People, And...

Lieutenant-Governors have protested that the administrative work made necessary by so awful a multitude cannot be properly performed by a single head of the Executive, who......

The Relation Of The German Government To Its Polish Subjects

is curiously illustrated by a speech delivered by the Emperor at Gnesen, in Posen, on August 9th. William II. assured the Poles among whom he spoke that they should have......

On Monday In The House Of Lords, Lord James Of

Hereford called attention to a point which vitally concerns the working of our legislative machinery. The House of Lords during the Session had initiated and passed sixteen......

In The House Of Commons On Tuesday, On The Motion

for the third reading of the Appropriation Bill, Mr. Asquith, following a well-established precedent, called attention to the present position of the Government. With much......

King Oscar Of Sweden Has Again Transferred The Reins Of

government to his eldest son, the Crown Prince, ostensibly because of his failing health, but in reality, it is supposed, because he has been too deeply wounded by the secession......

• The Origin Of The Recent Attempt On The Life

of the Sultan bag been a matter of perplexity, even to the diplomatists at Constantinople, but the Petite Ripublique of Paris has received an account which at all events looks......

Mr. Balfour Replied In What Even For Him Was A

speech of amazing adroitness. Mr. Asquith's questions admitted, un- fortunately, of a formal answer, and that answer was given with extreme skill. He did not attempt to justify......