8 OCTOBER 1904, page 2

On Wednesday Mr. Chamberlain Made His Long-expected...

The earlier part was filled with the usual mixture of jeremiads over the condition of industry and agriculture at home, and of declarations that our relations with the Colonies......

On Monday The Prime Minister Delivered In Edinburgh A Speech

to the members of the Scottish Conservative Club. After a feeling reference to Sir William Harcourt, and a declaration that no bargaining with the Irish party can, or ever will,......

Tile Most Interesting Item Of News In The Last Seven

days is a sad one,—the sudden death of Sir William Harcourt, who passed away in his sleep in his own house at Nuueham, Oxford- shire, on Saturday last. He was an old man, having......

The Lippe-detmold Affair Threatens To Have Serious...

claim to the sovereignty of the little State, which, though it contains only one hundred and forty thousand in- habitants, is in theory as independent as Prussia, has long been......

On This Decision Being Announced To The Emperor, His...

in a very curt telegram, declared that as the legal situation has not been cleared up, he could not recognise such a Regency, and "will not allow the military to take the oath."......

The German And Portuguese Governments Are Both Learning...

that colonies are not always profitable. The German officers in South-West Africa are by no means optimistic as to the prospects of the Herero War. The tribesmen show no......

When Mr. Balfour Turned To The Imperial Side Of The

Fiscal question it was to make the apparently very important announcement that if he was returned to power after the next Election he would summon representatives, not only from......

We Have Dealt At Length Elsewhere With This Carefully...

statement, and will only say here that in reality it merely amounts to a repudiation of a policy which neither Mr. Chamberlain nor any one else professes to advocate at the......