10 MAY 1924, page 2

At Least What We Have Said Was The General Interpreta-

tion of the Liberal manoeuvre, though we ought to add that Mr. Asquith, speaking at Chelmsford on Wednesday, declared that nothing in the nature of an ultimatum to the......

Friday, May 2nd, In The House Of Commons, When The

Second Reading of Mr. A. Rendall's Proportional Repre- sentation Bill was taken, had much more than the interest of an ordinary Private Member's day. The debate was, not......

On Friday, May 2nd, Mr. Baldwin, Speaking To The Primrose

League, made an important statement on Unionist policy. The problem, he said, was to reconcile democracy with the management of the Empire. The Empire' must live under democracy......

The State Department At Washington Has Published Papers...

to the diversion of the waters of the Great Lakes for the purposes of drainage and sanita- tion at Chicago. The papers also deal with the project of a canal between Chicago and......

In The House Of Commons On Monday Mr. J. H.

Thomas was once more closely questioned about the Irish boundary. He stated that in response to the request of the Free State that the Boundary Commission should be constituted,......

All The Public Statements Which Have Been Made In Connexion

with the Irish Boundary problem since we wrote last week confirm us in the belief that the British Government do not intend to force a settlement. They will encourage the two......

Sir James Craig Added That He Was Prepared, On Behalf

of the people of Ulster, to enter again into that agree- ment. Provided that it was understood that the settle- ment was to be by agreement between the two peoples, he was ready......