2 FEBRUARY 1895, page 1

The New President's Message To The Chambers Is Described

as containing nothing, but that is not quite true. It con- tains, in words which we give textually elsewhere, what is virtually a promise to accept any Ministers or any measures......

News Of The Week.

T T may be taken as almost certain that before our next issue, we shall have proof that Wei-hai-wei, the second great Chinese arsenal, is in Japanese possession. Up to January......

Mr. Asquith And Mr. Morley Made More Than One Speech

at Newcastle-on-Tyne on Wednesday, but said very little of interest in their morning speeches. At the great meeting in the Olympia of Newcastle in the evening, where five......

M. Faure Has Succeeded In Finding A Ministry. M. Ribot,

a Moderate who has been Premier and Foreign Minister, on Saturday accepted the task of forming a Cabinet, and has been at once joined by all to whom he has applied. He fills the......

A " Scene" Occurred In The French Chamber On Thursday,

accompanied by some regrettable incidents. The Ministry pro- posed to grant a national funeral to Marshal Canrobert, who died on Monday, aged eighty-six, as a great soldier and......

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