10 JANUARY 1914, page 3

Liberal Newspapers Have Devoted Much Space During The...

describing what they call the "iron boycott" of the Unionist farmers, who are said to be in full revolt against the Edinburgh compact on Tariff Reform. Incidentally, we learn......

Sir Edward Ward, On Whom A Baronetcy Was Conferred At

the New Year, has retired from the post of Secretary to the War Office, which he has held with great distinction since 1901, and is succeeded in that office as well as on the......

The Controversy Over The Kikuyu Conference Still...

correspondence columns of the Times. Having already fully stated our views on the points at issue, we do not propose to comment further on the subject, but may note the remark-......

Sir John French Was The Principal Guest At The Annual

Wolfe birthday dinner, held at W esterham on Friday, the 2nd inst., and delivered a most interesting speech. Those who like him- self were advocates of early military training......

The Results Of The Ballots Taken By Several Unions, In

con- formity with the Trade Union Aot of last year, were announced - early in the week. The Act, which grew out of the Osborne Judgment, makes it lawful to apply the funds of a......

We Desire To Call Attention To An Interesting Article On

" Our Perishing Army" by Colonel A. W. A. Pollock in the January Nineteenth Century. With Colonel Pollock's criticisms of War Ministers and War Office methods we are not......

Professor Lowell, In His Masterly Work, The Government Of...

notes a perceptible decline in the influence and prestige of permanent officials, and ascribes it to recent relaxations of the salutary principle of Ministerial responsi-......

Some Remarkable And Encouraging Statements Were Pub-...

Times of Thursday as to the treatment of cancer by radium at the Middlesex Hospital. All the cases treated were beyond, the possibility of operation. From June to Sep- tember,......

Mr. Orville Wright Has Exhibited His " Stabiliser " For

aeroplanes before the Aero Club of America, and has declared that it will make aeroplanes "absolutely fool-proof." He flew many miles without touching any of the controls. The......

Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

Jan. 8th. Consols (2k) were on Friday 71k—Friday week 71i.......