Berlin, 24th November.
The prospects for Chxmberlain's fiscal policy are becoming brighter.
Lord Curzon is very warmly welcomed by the official Teheran Gazette.
The Paris ' Figaro" learns that the British Government has demanded from Persia the right to. ly a cable between India and Bunder Abbas on the north side of the Strait of Ormuz. This report is received with great indignation by the Russian Press, which dwells on the backwardness of Russia, compared with England, in regard to the construction of cables.
At the same time it is learned that Russia has obtained very important commercial concessions in Afghanistan.
The adoption of the Miirzsteg programme is considered very important, because it strengthens the relations of the Great Powers and puts an end—at least for the time being—to all special steps planned by England, France, and Italy.
'The sensational telegrams publis'.ed occasionally in some English and Russian newspapers about events and_ evolution: in the Far East are nowhere taken seriously any longer.
The inflammation of the middle of the ear of the Czarins has now become suppurative, whereby all danger is removed. 28th November.
The German Budget will be presented tothe Reichstag immediately after the Intter has been opened.
Phe Budget for Kiaochou shows the following figures, compared with the two last years
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