5 NOVEMBER 1898, page 1

The French President Has Succeeded In Forming A New Ministry

with less than the usual delay. The Premier is M. Dapuy, formerly a schoolmaster, but who has been Premier before. He soon found civilians to fill the offices, retaining M.......

News Of The Week.

T HE trend of affairs is, we believe, towards an uneasy peace. The French Ministry has still to make its declaration, and Lord Salisbury's speech of Friday night, delivered too......

Mr. Goschen, First Lord Of The Admiralty, Has Declined An

invitation to Sheffield, which he had previously accepted. on the ground that his continuous presence in his office is in the present crisis indispensable. Very little is said......

The Government Is Taking "precautions To Meet Eventu-

alities," that is, it is arming quietly, so that if the French suddenly take the bit in their teeth and try to make a rush the country may be ready. That is perfectly right, and......

Major Marchand Arrived In Cairo On Thursday From Eashoda. No

reasonable explanation of any kind is offered of this unexpected event, but the official account in Paris is that he acted entirely without orders, on his own responsi- bility......

The Court Of Ca.ssation Has Not Released Dreyfus, Owing, It

is reported, to a difference of opinion among its members, but has acknowledged its duty to make a thorough inquiry into all the facts of the case. All the secret papers will be......

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