10 AUGUST 1918, page 3

The Committee's Report And A Recent Article In The...

Gazette were made the basis of an attack on the Ministry of Informa- tion, in the House of Commons on Monday. Some of the criticism was very wide of the mark. The suggestion......

As We Have Admitted On Previous Occasions, Custom...

it natural to hold a General Election directly a new Register is complete. By-elections on an old and obsolete register wear a farcical air. This argument no doubt deserves......

The Trial Of M. Malvy Before The French Benate Sitting

as a High Court ended on Tuesday. M. Malvy, who was Minister of the In- terior during the first three years of the war, was acquitted on the charges of treason brought against......

The Prosecution Of The War Could Not By Any , Flight

of fancy be aided by a General Election, whereas an election might involve the Government in all kinds of pledges which would distract their attention or tie their hands. For......

Gossip Is Hardening Into Conviction That There Will Be A

General Election not later than the winter or the spring, If the conviction Is well founded, we must - view the prospect with considerable anxiety, The Government have no duty......

Mr. Montagu Defended His Report On Indian Reform In The

House of Commons on Tuesday. He denied that he was the originator of the policy, which he had inherited from Mr. Chartiberlain. The Government pronouncement of August 201,11......

They Employed, In Fact, The Same Device As In Dealing

with Irish Conscription. They established the principle of Conscription for Ireland, but left the application of it to an indefinite date by Order in Council. The Reform Acts of......

One Other Point In The Report Of The Select Committee

must be mentioned. Attention is drawn to the fact that the managing director of Reuter's Agency by virtue of his position in the Ministry of Information is connected with the......

The Select Committee On Expenditure, Which Must By Now Be

a name of fear unpleasing in an official's ear, has turned its searchlight on the Ministry of Information. The Committee's sixth Report, issued last Saturday, shows that three......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 5f Per Cent.

April 5, 1917.......