of which were telegraphed to Friday's papers, gives an account of the occurrence of last Saturday morning which is totally at variance with that of the fishermen. The Admiral...

character of the outrage on the Dogger Bank, which the King himself in a telegram to the Mayor of Hull describes as "unwarrant- able," an adjective evidently chosen, with the...

T HE week has been clouded by an event tragic in itself, and one which it is possible may be the cause of events still more tragic,—events which may conceivably be fraught with...

lasted twenty minutes, and in which all four battleships took part, the skipper and third hand of the Crane ' had their heads blown off, six out of the remaining seven men on...

were phantoms of the brain. Possibly the Russians mistook the carriers and the church and hospital boats which move up and down among the trawlers for Japanese torpedo-boats....

at Norwich in connection with the Eastern Counties Liberal Federation. He began with an emphatic declaration on the North Sea outrage. He did not suppose that the atrocious act...

any case.

nearly unanimous The French papers of all shades of opinion, except the strictly reactionary, deplore the incident, and pro- nounce the Baltic Fleet as at present governed a...

was really a test vote on the separation of Church and State. The Opposition had prepared a number of interpella- Lions, and hoped for support from those moderate Liberals who,...

Admiral Jewell and the officers of the American squadron by the "Pilgrims " on Tuesday night, made a brief reference to the " inexcusable outrage " in the North Sea. He asked...

only for a declaration on behalf of the Socialists that M. Combes did not go nearly far enough ; and then the Premier summed it up in a speech which was an event. He placed the...

it was, the headquarters column was caught by the snow in a pass 16,000 ft. high, and was compelled to struggle forward for its life, forty-seven of the men being led with...

cordials. M. Deloncle is only discontented with it because it does not go much farther, and looks forward to a period when all pending questions between the two States shall be...

The Japanese, indeed, are said to be again shelling Port Arthur, to have damaged some of the ships in the harbour, and to have set fire to streets in the town ; but none of this...

Associations at Southampton will have finished its deliberations before these pages are in our readers' hands. It is, therefore, of little use to speculate as to its possible...

the United. States is clearly deepening, and if the negroes were better armed might produce a civil war. On Monday, at Norfolk, in Virginia, a negro of character and means named...

very different body. Though its members are Unionists, mean to remain Unionists, and intend, if they can, to re- establish the Unionist party on Free-trade lines, they do not...

mouth. He has refused to declare his allegiance to the head of the Government, and has announced that he will support "the greatest Colonial Minister the Empire has ever seen."...

Duke of Devonshire has consented to become President of the Unionist Free-Trade Club has not been made the subject of more comment in the Press. As a matter of fact, it is an...

of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Norman, which took place at Chelsea Hospital on Wednesday after a short illness. Sir Henry Norman's career in the public service was long and...

still one of extreme gravity. Nevertheless, we believe that not long after these pages are in our readers' hands the worst anxieties for the future will be over, and the nation...

during the past six or seven years that it is the duty of Parliament to pass a Redistribution Bill which will do away with our existing electoral anomalies. Under these...

Saturday last is one of the most important events which have occurred in France since the establishment of the Republic. The debate was on an interpolation as to the intentions...

policies are conjoined, to all of which he has given his episcopal sanction. There is the old creed of Protection for home manufactures by the taxation of foreign manufactured...

the City Temple, and the workmen of London is of no importance in itself, more especially as the workmen seem to have pardoned their assailant ; but it furnishes a curious,...

question often in the mind of every man who desires to judge justly of himself and his neighbours. For ourselves, we are inclined to reply that it is but a non-essential part...

at the Carlton Hotel was awarded £50 damages against his employers has been rather obscurely reported, but one or two of the curious facts brought to light are clear enough....

more than a hundred feet, the Dogger Bank would form a third member of the "British Isles," supposing our neighbours agreed to let us have it, about half the size of Scotland....

Sin,—Might I claim the courtesy of your columns for a few observations on your article, " The Truth about Chinese Labour," which appeared in the Spectator of October 15th? No...

attention to the merits and suitability of the Chinese as miners for that country, although in no way advocating their introduction into the Transvaal under the conditions of...

this subject. While cheap labour has its advocates (or, rather, coloured labour, for I am giving below figures which show that it is not cheap in the final result of leading to...

a letter in the Afanchester Guardian which went to show that with the falling off in coloured labour the employment of whites in the Rand mines was rapidly increasing, and that...

held here in Maynooth last June to revive the " Catholic Association" in a modified form, and of setting on foot a movement from which " religious warfare" is sure to result....

may be that your readers will be willing to hear, not a defence for action that is indefensible, but a plea for a fair judgment of the many subjects of the Emperor of Russia who...

of Professor Dowden's admirable criticism of his entire position, turns to bleat at me over one incident (the Sligo case) as ferociously as such a lamb is capable of doing. I...

that in the authorised reprint of Mr. Balfour's "Reflections Suggested by the New Theory of Matter" an alteration of a key-word has been made, and this, in view of the keen dis-...

" The Spirit of the Anglican Church " in the Spectator of October 15th? In it you refer favourably to two points, —viz., comprehension, and dependence upon the State. But is...

above heading would be amusing reading were it not that the subject it deals with is too serious for mirth. Surely it is hardly logical, because certain laudatores temporis acti...

sense, has seen something of the organisation of two armies, one the American for the Spanish-American War, the other our own in South Africa, I may be allowed a few words in...

Sin,—Now that every newspaper is full of complaints, prophecies, and remedies of lack of employment, one feasible solution of the question has, it seems, been overlooked. The...

And it is noteworthy, on the other hand, that it is from the Golden Age of Augustus that there comes Horace's cry of pessimism- " Aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos...

opportunity for studying the lives of the poor, and becoming their friend in London over the Border P I have visited there regularly, and have been much struck by the cordial...

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THEY stripped me bare and left me by the way To pine forsaken in a lonely land ; They gave me to night-frosts and burning day, To griefs none understand. They took my silver...

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feature in common,—they are all records of the efforts ef Northerners to penetrate the mysterious uplands of the East. Of the three, Lord Ronaldshay's work is the only one in...

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subject of Mr. Belloo's ingenious and elaborate satire. Money-grubbing masquerading as Imperialism ; trading patriotism ; Jingo finance,—however you choose to designate this...

Balfour's Edinburgh speech, and, while finding his declaration on the subject of Protection not without value, argues with great force that in the present strained condition of...

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