The People Of The United States Are Not In Favour
with Nature just at present. Scarcely a day passes without a report of some considerable disaster, and two of them—the forest fires on the border of Canada, and the floods in......
The French Are Availing Themselves Of "the Enchanted...
science" in their punitive expedition against the tribesmen of Figuig. They are using melinite shells instead of the Foreign Legion. General O'Connor attacked Zenaga, the......
The Latest News From Macedonia Is That The Sultan Has
accepted the overtures of the Prince of Bulgaria, and has ordered the release of great numbers of Bulgarian prisoners. That is probably true, as is also the statement that the......
An Interviewer In The Service Of The Parisian Journal La
Paris has extracted from M. de Witte, Finance Minister of Russia, a somewhat important statement. Russia, it is clear, regards the proposed Baghdad Railway with great distrust,......
The German Emperor Attended The Singing Competition At...
week, and at the close of the proceedings on Saturday addressed the leaders of the various competing choirs. The point of his speech was a plea for greater simplicity and for......
We Fear The Proposal Of Sir Horace Rumbold For Arresting
massacres of Jews will not do much towards preventing them. The veteran diplomatist in a letter to the Times last Saturday suggests that the Pope should issue a formal......
The Times Correspondent At Pekin Sends An Account Of A
great fire there which consumed the offices of the Board of Revenue. Every effort was made to suppress the flames ; but there were no scientific appliances, the citizens relied......
Bank Rate, 31 Per Cent.
Consols (2:1- per cent.) were on Friday 911.......