30 DECEMBER 1911, page 1

On Tuesday 700 Tribesmen In Persia Attacked A Small British

force of 100 Sowars under Captain Birdwood, whioh was conducting Mr. Smart, the British Consul, to Shiraz. Mr. Smart was wounded in the thigh, three Sowars were killed and......

We Have Discussed The Future As Though The National Con-

ference would probably decide in favour of a Republic, but it would be rash to assume that it will do so. And we must not leave out of account the influence of the Great Powers.......

The Military Correspondent Of The Times Discusses In...

the difficulties before the Italians in Tripoli There are now nearly 30,000 Italian troops available, but the failure to turn the enemy out of fir Tobras, which we recorded last......

News Of The Week.

.. i t t MOMENTOUS decision has been taken in China. Yuan Shih-kai announced, with the approval of the Manchu dynasty, on Thursday, that the dynasty places its future in the......

An Interesting Proposal Was Recently Made That The Manchu...

should be allowed to remain as the cere- monial head of China, representing the nation in the sacred temples and propitiating on its behalf the spirits of his ancestors. Strange......

A Semi-official Announcement Has Been Issued At St....

describing the measures which Russia proposes to take. These include- " (1) The arrest of all Russian and Persian subjects who hays participated in the attacks upon the Russian......

The Prevalent Idea Of The Rebels Is That The Chinese

pro- vinces should be federated and should resemble the United States of America. We cannot believe for a moment that China is politically educated for what is a noble but also......

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