5 SEPTEMBER 1885, page 8

Prince Bismarck's Error.

T HERE is one explanation of Prince Bismarck's action with respect to the Caroline Islands which nobody ever -offers, but which deserves to be considered. May he not have......

M. Ferry's Ideas.

M FERRY'S position is one which perhaps no politician • before him has held. He is without a party, and he has immediately behind him the memory of a signal defeat. His chief......