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In compensation for these concessions on the part of France,
The Spectatorthe British Government acknowledges her pre- dominant position in Morocco, and agrees that, if that anarchic country is to be " regenerated " by European influence, the agency...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE stars in their courses are fighting against the Russians. On April 13th, according to official accounts received at St. Petersburg, Admiral Makbaroff, perceiving a small...
Some interesting particulars of the Russian plan of campaign are
The Spectatorgiven in the Echo de Pat-is of Tuesday, and summarised by the Paris correspondent of the Times in Wednesday's issue. The information, which is alleged to emanate from a member...
The three agreements between Great Britain and France, about which
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No certain intelligence of the Japanese advance across the Yalu
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for India, but is, of course, a strong Liberal, appeared
The Spectatorwilling to come to an agreement with St. Petersburg as thorough and as strong as the one just concluded with Paris. The Premier did not dissent, but, like Lord G. Hamilton,...
The agreements have been received with a sigh of relief
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As regards Newfoundland, France agrees, in consideration of free access
The Spectatorto the navigable portion of the Gambia, the surrender of three small islets opposite Konakry, in French Guinea, and the cession of eight thousand square miles of land in Nigeria...
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The Times of Friday, in its political notes, states that
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THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
The SpectatorIn Egypt, for example, France unclasps the galling financial handcuffs which have prevented the protectie. , Power from utilising for the benefit of the protected country the...
But the interest excited by Mr. Chamberlain's return is not
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in Egypt. Not only is a regular annual surplus obtained
The Spectatorin Egypt without recourse to fresh taxation, and in spite of a rising expenditure, but the financial future is assured in a manner which is almost without parallel. When the...
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education in the United States contains a vast body of
The Spectatorinformation which Englishmen will do well to study. Uni- versities, elementary and secondary schools, School Boards, those engaged in technical instruction,—all find repre-...
M ANY Spaniards—and among them, unfortunately, some of influence—entertain an invincible
The Spectatorbelief that Great Britain at heart is hostile to Spain, and watches her decline in comparative prosperity with secret satis- faction. She is always, they say, nervous for the...
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It is not, perhaps, difficult to see why such stories
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mental than a characteristic, more significant than a habit. In
The Spectatorsumming up a character we must give some indication of the subject's "ways." If we would make the estimate at all adequate, we cannot confine ourselves to reckoning up his...
its waters, the Thames is a favourite haunt of these
The Spectatoranimals. They are numerous on the upper waters, as well as on many of the tributaries, and descend the stream as low as Hampton Court, No season passes without the appearance of...
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Even the teaching of undenominational religion under the control of
The Spectatorthe secular power, though accepted as a compromise by Nonconformists, is contrary to principle, and is now, as you say, objected to by the High Church party. The following...
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CHINESE LABOUR IN THE TRANSVAAL. pro ma Emma or ma
The Spectator.Srocraroa...] Silt,—A friend of mine, a mining expert and mine manager in Westralia, who has not long returned to that country after a visit of some five months to the...
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This opinion may be of interest to you.—I am, Sir,
The Spectator&a, A MODERATE CONSERVATIVE. [This Westralian opinion coincides with that of Mr. Cres- well, who contends that the use of white labour would prove economically as well as...
The point to be noted is that this system, initiated
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Is not "The Ballad of Oriana " Lincolnshire, with its
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and we are well content. It is tree that our
The Spectatorown poets are, many of them, nameless. We have forgotten their names in keeping step to the lilt of their songs. An epic , about Tyne- side could not recall it to us more...
Interest in the subject on which I wrote, and who
The Spectatortook so much trouble in answering, than to make out a full list of all the names of books I received, which I send you with this letter. I hope I shall not be trespassing too...
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and Tacitean," ; and spurious epigrams, such as—" Puri- tanism
The Spectatorwas cradled among small traders, conscious of their virtues, but socially ill at ease," to which an historian like Mr. Uchel should scarcely condescend. It is diffi- cult...
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thus it came about that the Anti - Jacobin overshot its mark,
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"No royal road to this branch of learning any more
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However, it should be possible, after the lapse of a
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In more than one respect Mr. Calderon's strange fantasy invites
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country would appeal according to its intrinsic importance, its popu-
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