27 AUGUST 1898, page 2

The Long Speech Delivered By Mr. Rhodes At Klipdam At

the outset of his candidature in Barkly West, and reported at length in the Cape papers received last Tuesday, was certainly more cautions, if not more coherent, than most of......

The Daily Mail Of Wednesday Quotes From Le Rappel A

curiously frank statement as to why France dreads war, and the need for promoting friendly feelings with England in spite of the Russian Alliance. "What could our Fleet do if......

A Mountaineering Accident Which Took Place On One Of The

mountains of the Ortler Range on Friday, August 19th, has raised the ethical problem of "cutting the rope," and whether such an act can ever be justified. Two brothers, one with......

The War Correspondent Of The Daily Chronicle Gives Some...

notes of a conversation between the Emir Mahmoud, captured at Atbara, and an English officer. Mahmoud, who is evidently an excellent " subject " for the interviewer, declared......

The Correspondents At The Front All Give Interesting...

the great review held at Wad-Hamed last Tuesday by the Sirdar. In a stretch of desert by the Nile was drawn up the force of twenty thousand men of all arms which is to attack......

Mr. Chamberlain During The Contest Has Addressed A Letter To

a Southport elector in which he very truly says that the danger of Home-rule still remains, and will remain until the Liberal leaders formally repudiate the doctrine of......

At The Opening Of The "co-operators' Flower Show" At The

Crystal Palace on August 19th, Lord Grey gave a striking address on the ideal side of co-operation, and urged the old objection against modern co-operation,—namely, that it has......