... w hftt aro the contentions on both sides. The Government seeks to make War in South Aif ica, the sole issue in this fight. They say, *- tff ect, Think of nothing else but the war lu ...

... returned from active service in support of his Queen and country in South Africa. (Cheere.) More than that, in spite of great attrac- tion?, he stayed in South Africa until the war was pn-.ctically over, and with his own hands hoistad the flag of Great ...

... the Dutch people on the subject of the Transvaal, ex- presses its warm fellow -feeling with the Hollanders in South Africa in the war they have undertaken ill order to regain their national independence ; it feels prompted to express admiration, as well ...

... American claims which arose only during the civU war. AFRICA. The African mail steamer Lagos, which arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday, brings a report from Cape Coast Castle of the arrest of the Ashantee war chief Atjimpon by the Dutch governor, whom he ...

... am- bition, all the more so as Russia might easily feel tempted to enter the field as France's ally. WEST COAST OF AFRICA A serious war was in progress in the interior of Old Calabar when the steamer Congo left, on the 23rd of October. Details could not ...

... maenzines this ttnonth ia that contributed to the 11 mdsor Uaqazine by Ernest E. Williams, on the possibilities 'of Africa after the war. Cape Colony should have a nromisin^ future, judging by the following atatiatics : -In the year ended May, 1898, 2 ...

... either the causes of the war, or to criticise in any way the conduct of the war. It was surprising to him to find that there were actually gentlemen who declined to give sixpence to that fund because they disagreed with tho war. That was a most un- patriotic ...

... exhibition will ba a splendid show of maps of South Africa. The War Office would do we'd to keep its eye on some of tha competitors — it might profitably employ some of them in that part of tho world when the war is over. Orna- j mental needlework is another ...

... and most interesting pictures have been added, including the City of Chicago and its wonderful World's Fair, Darkest Africa, the war in the East, &c. Not the least interesting will be views of the City of Con- stantinople, upon which so much attention ...

... whilst deficiencies in th Budget had come to be considered as a matter of course. (Applause.) Abroad, we had war in Asia arid Africa —war, a« we think, unnecessary — ?? hear)— and la^t of all we bad in Iteland a conditio;.! of dangerous exasperation ...

... of Chester, delivered a most interesting lecture in the schoolroo-n, to a crowded audience. The subject waa South Africa and the War, illustrated by- lantern views. Among those present were Mrs Howard, the Misses Howard, Mr N. Howard, Mr Howard Maclean ...

... have another rebellious Ireland in the heart of South Africa requiring a huge Btanding army to keep np an appearance of peace. Besides, if war there was to be (which God forbid) it wonld be a war which no true lover of his' country wonld be able to look ...