Lord Cromer's Report On The Finances, Administration, And...
Egypt, published this week, is a most striking State paper. It shows how extraordinarily successful has been our work on the Nile. Last year's surplus was the largest ever......
There Is No End To The " Finds " In
Egypt. It has hitherto always been believed that as much was known about the Sphinx as could be known ; but now Colonel Ronm, an American, by digging round the base, has brought......
Mr. H. Whiteley On Tuesday Raised The Question Of The
currency, moving a Resolution that the instability of the relative value of gold and silver was an injury, and that the Government should do all in their power to establish a......
The Expected Debate On Egypt Was Raised On Monday Night,
when, in answer to Sir William Harcourt, Mr. Carson ex- plained that the Government bad for some time heard rumours of an advance of the Dervishes in large numbers into Upper......
It Should Be Observed, For It Is Most Important, That
both Sir M. Ricks-Beach and Mr. Balfour spoke with strong dis- favour of the present Indian currency. Both evidently con- sidered that it was "inconvertible," the rupee being,......
The Colonial Party In Germany Has Received A Severe Blow.
Their opponents have repeatedly accused the Govern- ment of choosing bad men for Colonial office, and during a long debate which ended on Tuesday, Dr. Peters, the chair- man of......
Sir William Harcourt Was Not Opposed To A Temporary Advance,
but would, with his party, resist the permanent occupation of the Sondan to the utmost of his power ; while Mr. Courtney maintained that we were safe behind the barrier of Wady......
On Monday Lord James Introduced The London Water Bill Into
the House of Lords. Its object, he explained, was to place the water - supply in the hands of a re- sponsible and representative body. That body could not fairly be the County......