14 MAY 1898, page 4

Topics Of The Day.

ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND WEST AFRICA. T HE close-time for Boussa and the West African question is nearly over. It was tacitly agreed that neither England nor France should insist......

The War. T He War, Which Is Developing Alike The Devoted

courage and the bewildering inefficiency of the Spanish'people—that "fatigued people," as their Colonial Minister calls them—develops also the efficiency and audacity of their......