14 JANUARY 1899, page 2

The Additions To Be Made To The German Army Were

officially proposed in the Reichstag on Thursday. The number of men added, 26,576, does not really signify, but the Minister of War in introducing the measure declared that army......

A Renter's Telegram From Constantinople Despatched On...

according to" private advices," a great battle was fought in the district of Shanel between the Turkish troops and the Yemen insurgents—Yemen is the Arabian province bordering......

On Saturday Last The Foreign Office Published A Series Of

papers which show that France has committed a serious breach of her undertakings in regard to Mada- gascar. The principal document is a despatch written by Lord Salisbury last......

The Antiquarians Of Rome Believe That They Have Made A

great find. Signor Bacellai, the Minister of Education, in the course of some excavations at the east end of the Forum has come upon the great black stone under which it was......

It Is Hardly Possible To Understand The Feeling Of Conti-

nental Courts about personal insult. A Social Democratic paper in Magdeburg recently published a story about a Prince of Baghdad and his tutor, which was supposed to conceal an......

We Do Not Wish To Exaggerate The Importance Of These

inci- dents. Had the French originally said that they meant to annex Madagascar, and that they then intended to apply to the island their own fiscal system irrespective of......

The Americans Expect Trouble In The Philippines. There Is No

confirmation of the Spanish report that insurgents are gathering to attack Manila, but it seems certain that the Ta gal leaders, with Aguinaldo at their head, and, as Americans......

In Addition To This Example Of Bad Faith, The Despatches

in the Blue-book give instances of the way in which French officials have attempted to put a boycott on English goods and to force French goods down the throats of the natives.......