13 MARCH 1909, page 1

The Vienna Correspondentof The Times, After Remarking...

was not handed to Baron von Aehrenthal until after it had been published in the Press, states that the verbal answer given by the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister showed that......

The Peking Correspondent Of The Times Sent To Tuesday's...

a serious statement as to the way in which British money is used in Chinese railway construction. A loan for the Shanghai-Hang-Chau-Ning-Po Railway, amounting to 21,500,000, was......

The Times Correspondent At St. Petersburg, Telegraphing...

tells US that the prevailing view in the Russian capital is one of depression. "That 'Austria will now issue an ultimatum to her small neighbour, and that military opera- tions......

News Of The Week.

T HE latest news on Friday in regard to Austria-Hungary and the reception of the Servian Note is not as favour- able as that received in the earlier part of the week. The Note......

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In Another Column We Have Given Our Reasons For Thinking

that for the present war will be avoided." Russia is most anxious to avoid war, and has been perfectly sincere in putting strong pressure upon Servia to refrain from any......