As The Result Of Taking A Plebiscite Of His Constituents,
Mr. Schreiner has resigned his seat in the Cape Parliament. Under circumstances of great difficulty Mr. Schreiner, however tardily, rendered valuable service to the British......
Colonel Picquart, The Real Hero In The Dreyfus Case, For
Captain Dreyfus was rather its pivot, has at last obtained a small measure of justice. The Tour accused him of having been seen at Carlsruhe in close conversation with Colonel......
It Was Announced On Wednesday That The Cook Islands Had
been annexed—they have long been under a protectorate —to the British Empire, and will be placed under New Zealand. It is also stated that Suwaroff Island will soon be formally......
The German Emperor Should Not Forget In His Eagerness To
be popular with his own people that fine courtesy which smooths the way for diplomacy. Speaking at Barmen on Wednesday, he said : "That it has always been my first aim and my......
The Government Of India Is Making Another Desperate...
deal with a great evil in India,—the mortgaged condition of the freeholding peasants. They borrow money, usually for their children's marriages, mortgage their little estates,......
We Do Not Like This " Honorific " Mission From
the Dalai Lama to the Russian Court. It may be purely one of cere- monial, but it may also justify a Mission from St. Peters- burg to Lhaesa. The Lamas, looking out on the......
On Tuesday Mr. Haldane Gave An Excellent Address To The
Glasgow Parliamentary Debating Society on "The Influence of Imperialism in Politics." After declaring that we must not shrink from the responsibilities of Empire, he gave it as......
On Wednesday Sir Michael Hicks-beach Made To The Liver- Pool
Chamber of Commerce a speech which shows him to be possessed of the highest qualities of statesmanship. We have quoted elsewhere the wise and firm words in which he disposed of......
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