4 JANUARY 1890, page 13

The Prospects Of Peace.

I T would be foolish, of course, to predict that peace would endure throughout the present year. The armies are there, armed to the teeth, and made exquisitely uncomfortable by......

Topics Of The Day.

MR. GLADSTONE'S BIRTHDAY. M R. GLADSTONE'S eightieth birthday cannot be regarded with exactly the same pride by those who think his last phase of policy disastrous for the......