28 AUGUST 1897, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

1.11E CRISIS ON THE INDIAN FRONTIER. I T is idle to pretend that the crisis on the Indian frontier is anything but most grave. When the valleys that run north, south, and west......

M. Faure's Visit.

.m FAITRE'S visit has at least done one thing. • It has made it clear that what we may now call an alliance, and not merely a political and diplo- matic understanding, is......