30 AUGUST 1902, page 1

News Of The Week.

SUDDEN thought strikes me, let us swear an eternal friendship." So says Matilda in The Rovers (Canning's mock-German play in the Anti-Jacobin), and the same sudden thought seems......

The King Of Italy Arrived In Berlin On Wednesday, And

on Thursday there were the usual festivities, followed in the evening by a great State banquet, at which the Emperor proposed the health of the King in terms of great warmth.......

The Times Correspondent At Shanghai Sends Some Curious...

to the way in which the Chinese Provincial Governors are raising their portions of the Indemnity. They first impose extra taxation far in excess of what is required, on the plea......

The King Of Italy's Reply Was A Model Royal Speech,

and showed the trite Italian dignity and taste, and at the same time Savoyard sound sense. It was perfectly cordial without saying too much, or in any way "slopping over." The......

We Do Not Think It Profitable To Follow In Detail

the bicker- ings that are going on in the Cape Parliament. Provided that the higher interests of the Empire are not imperilled and that no injustice is done to men, whether of......

What Is The Exact Effect Of All These Professions Of

Royal and Imperial friendship it would be difficult to say, but on the whole we think that the trend is peaceful. It is true that the Triple Alliance has greatly weakened of......

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