... replied to the request of the NegUs for peace by letter, in which he declares that the object of Italy's I -'eqence in Africa is not :war but peace and freeloin of speech. The 'ribiena states tlat the pacific oecrtures of the Negus ttre due to the inediation ...

... and Ireland will be drawn upon to supply the strong force to be maintained in South Africa when the war has terminated. Already the war now G.n progr~es in South Africa is having the effect of call- ing public attention to our Inilitary requirements in ...

... if the Tory Adminis- tration would resolutely lay bare the hidden springs of the movement which nearly plunged South Africa into a war of races, and Europe into a conflict which, when once begun, would have involved untold suffer- ings and consequences ...

... every reason to fear, indeed, that ere long the question will widen into a war of races, and that it will not be in the Transvaal alone but throughout South Africa that the war of English or Dutch supremacy will have to be fought out. At Pietermaritzbnrg ...

... but declaring that the Volksraad had consented to it in order to avoid bloodshed, and for the common welfare cf South Africa. THE WAR IN TUNIS. PARTS, SArTnnDAx.-Geueral Sabatier's column reached Kairouau yesterday morning. The Re- publique Francaise confirms ...

... dead and twenty- fire had sustained serious injuries. THE ITALIANS IN AFRICA. THREATENED WAR WITH ABYSSINIA. RoNsi3., FRIDAY. -Telegrams received from General Barattieri state that war Nwith Abyssinia is approaching anl inevitable. The CGouei'or of M.lssowab ...

... time the v-itnecs had 'songllt to tarnish a ladyvs Iornour. The trial was adjourned until to-morrow, ; TIl ITALIANS IN AFRICA. WAR WITH ABYSSIN'IA. R1ors.. FRIDAY.-General Barattieri recently : rearrested K~ing M Aenele1s to wr iteto Rc~s BlarMan eia ...

... Kair alike ?? ' ' eBE Sir, is there not at-this moment war in South, n Africa, war between the British Goivernment and' ho e natihe ' rlh.i*arof :tha :most ferocious and pe, ho~ribl. desortion-war' in which 'it: is anppre. co heandedtha ',ite ?? rnajority ...

... upon inquiry at the War Office this afternoon was officially informed t that the Government . bhs received no informnation that during the fight on Thursday near Lady- smith the Boer camp at Besters was cap- I tured. On inquiry at the War Office this eveniug ...

... gq-. sured. Mr Powell Williams, M P. Financial Secre tary to the War Office2 speaking at a Volunteei dinner in Birminghazg on Saturday night, re- plied to criticisms passed upon the War Qffice antif the military in connection with he con - duct of the ...

... FRTDAv.-Tih Italian Minister of Public Instruction has made a grant of £1,000 for a scientific expedition to Central Africa. TITE WAR IN THIE MALAY PENINSULA. The Prt ss Association is anthorlsed to maike public the following tlegrasi from GovernuJrJel ...

... Rhodes seemed to have been forgiven by the majority of the House of Commons for his past transgression in South Africa. The War. To-night no fresh war news has come -to hand. Commodore De-wey has not as yet been able to communicate the story of his great victory ...