There Is An Old Story Of An Austrian Archduke Which
Englishmen will do well to bear in mind. While on a visit to Paris a Frenchman who had some grievance against his Imperial Highness trod on his foot in a drawing-room. The......
The Better Class Of Frenchmen Regard These Excesses With...
One Frenchman in London, evidently of position, warns his countrymen in the Figaro to leave the Queen alone, and another in the Times gives eloquent expression to his dis- gust.......
The Financial Report Placed Before The Italian Chamber On...
was on the whole favourable. The deficit. said Signor Boselli, the Finance Minister, expected for 1898-99.had disappeared through the economic prosperity of the country, and had......
The Long-projected Railway From Smyrna Through Anatolia...
the Persian Gulf, is at length to be completed. The Sultan has decided to grant the concession to the Deutsche Bank and its allied syndicate, and the Irade or supreme order has......
It Is Remarkable That This Speech, Every Line Of Which
must have fallen like a whip-lash on some agitator, received the approval of a large majority of the Chamber. No division was taken on it, but no one ventured to reply ; and on......
The German Emperor Started On His Return To His Own
dominions on Monday, travelling via Holland, where he has been the guest of Queen Wilhelmina, and has doubtless heard much of the other side of the South African War. Before his......
M. Delcasse, The French Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Made A
speech on Friday week in the Chamber which is of import- ance, not only from the impression it produced, but because its heads had been discussed in the Cabinet. After......
On Saturday Last The War Office Received Further News From
the Soudan, showing that Colonel Wingate's force had won another victory over the Dervish's,—this time of a most complete kind. Not only was the Khalifa himself killed, but all......