News Of The Week.
T HE French relief force which is on its way to Fez makes little progress. It only managed to restart from El Kunitra on Thursday. The official reason given for the delay is......
In Mexico Both The Government And The Insurgents Are Anxious
for peace, but the latest news shows that the balance is inclining towards the insurgents. The most interesting question of the last few days has been whether President Diaz......
On Monday Lord Lansdowne Introduced His Bill For The...
of the House of Lords. The House as re-con- stituted will contain rather fewer than 350 members, composed as follows :- One hundred elected by the whole body of hereditary Peers......
On Monday The New Opium Agreement Between Great Britain And
China was signed at Pekin. It provides that during the next seven years China shall diminish annually the production of native opium in the same proportion by which the export......
The Schedule Describing The Qualifications Of The...
being elected as a Lord of Parliament by hereditary peers is as follows :- Being or having been—(l) Cabinet Minister or Minister of the Crown, and, as such, Head of a Government......
