11 MARCH 1922, page 3

The Lords' Committee Of Privileges Decided Last Week That...

Rhondda, as a peeress in her own right, must receive a writ of summons to the Upper House. As the Act of 1919 provided that a person should not be disqualified by sex from "the......

Yet, Went On Mr. Mcneill, Although The Prime Minister Had

been continually charged with dishonourable behaviour, he bad never met that charge. That, surely, was "an extra- ordinary attitude." There was no reason why Northern Ireland......

It Would Be Unwise To Deduce Political Morals From The

County Council election, the result of which apparently presents a striking contrast with the recent by-elections in 'which the Coalition have suffered losses. No doubt many of......

In The House Of Commons On Thursday, March 2nd, The

Committee stage began on the Irish Free State (Agreement) Bill. We must content ourselves with choosing particular points and shall naturally choose the discussions which turned......

Lord Trevethin, Who At The Age Of Seventy-eight Was...

Lord Chief Justice last April, resigned his office last week. The Morning Post says that he was compelled to resign suddenly and with scant courtesy. He has been succeeded, in......

India Is Now Feeling The Pinch Of Bad Trade, Aggravated

by the revolutionary agitation which Mr. Gandhi is still permitted .to carry on. The new Indian Budget shows a deficit of $.21,000,000, to be covered by loans, although taxation......

Sir Robert Bird, The Son Of The Late Coalition Unionist

member for West Wolverhampton, retained the seat in the by-election on Tuesday, defeating the Labour candidate, Mr. Walkden, by a majority of 2,991 on a very heavy poll. The......

On Friday, March 3rd, Lord Hugh Cecil Returned To The

bound- ary problem by moving an amendment, the effect of which was to make it clear that any change should consist only in minor adjustments. Mr. Churchill refused every......

The Attempt Of The Labour And Communist Parties To Capture

the London County Council at the elections on Thursday, March 2nd, was handsomely defeated. The ratepayers, roused from their apathy by the crazy extravagance of the Poplar......

We Have Assumed, For The Purposes Of Argument, That. The

Government were acting on their own account. NA if it were proved that the British Government, as the Tines declares, had authorized, and perhaps even inspired, the declaration......

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

Feb. 16, 1922; 6 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 01 Thursday week, 961; a year ago, cla......