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A Forecast For Spain. T He Effect Of Defeat On A

Continental State is always nearly incalculable. So many factors enter into the problem—national character, military tone, the hold of the dynasty on public regard, besides a......

Lord Salisbury's Speech. T He Newspapers Are, We Think,...

talking as if Lord Salisbury's speech presaged an immediate crisis or some nearly impending trouble and perplexity. They are abundantly justified, however, in attributing the......