25 JANUARY 1896, page 22

Mr. Chamberlain On Our " Splendid Isolation."

A T the banquet given to Lord Lamington on his de- parture to assume the governorship of Queensland, Mr. Chamberlain made a speech which contained two points of great interest.......

Lord Salisbury's First Difficulty.

T HE world, fortunately for its peace, is not Avverned by newspapers, but if the journalists do not take care, they will render the successful management of British foreign......

The Conquest Of Ashantee.

W E do not feel very triumphant over the conquest of Ashantee. We admit, it is true, that it was a just war, for the King, by breaking the Treaty, gave fair occasion for......