The Government Of Russia Has Not Yet Succeeded In Extir-
pating the pecuniary corruption which is the dry-rot of its Services. Admiral Tyrtoff, commanding the Fleet in the Black Sea, has found it necessary to arrest and bring to trial......
We Regret To Record The Death Of Mr. Grant Allen,
the well- known novelist, which occurred at his residence on Hind- head on Wednesday. He was a man about whom there will be many opinions. In our judgment, he wished through......
General De Galliffet Advances Rapidly To His End, The...
of discipline in the French Army. The recent decree by which he resumes control of promotion to all higher appointments, a prerogative surrendered by M. de Freycinet, restores......
The Continental Press Is Still Hostile To Great Britain, But
its comments on the war in South Africa differ greatly in tone. The French papers, as a rule, affect still to see in the news evidence that the British will be beaten, which......
The Times Correspondent At Tokio Endeavours To State In...
the policy of Japan towards China. She will not enter into alliance with the great but decaying Empire, but as China is her great market, and she fears States with a......
Three Things Strike Us In This War As Hopeful For
the future, One is the readiness of the Reservists to respond to the call on them, a fact which will by and by enable us to keep a really considerable home army without......
Lord Curzon Has Issued An Admirable General Order. A Native
woman was recently outraged by some European soldiers in Rangoon, and all efforts to obtain justice were frustrated. The officers, ashamed that such a stigma should be cast upon......