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The Trial At Lahore Of Indians Charged With Conspiracy Under

the new Defence of India Act was the occasion of remarkable revelations. One of the ringleaders, Amar Singh, bad emigrated to Canada in 1909, and there came in contact in 1913......

Last Week Mr. Asquith Spent Four Days At Sir John

French's Headquarters. During his visit he conversed for half an hour with General Joffre, General Pooh, and M. Millerand. He informally inspected a brigade which had just come......

On Wednesday, While The House Of Lords Was Discussing The

Munitions Bill, Lord Stanhope, who was at the front as lately as last Saturday and returned there on Thursday, made a striking speech in which he pointed out that while the......

The Speech, Though Eloquent, Strikes Us As Unfortunate In...

respects. A call for action in the abstract is very dangerous. The problem is not to do something or anything, but to do the right thing—to act wisely, not merely to act. If......

At Dundee Last Saturday Mr. Churchill, In The First Speech

he has made since he ceased to be First Lord of the Admiralty, gave an account of his services to his constituents. He avoided recrimination, and said that the only thing for......

As The New Minister Of Munitions, Mr. Lloyd George Visited

Manchester on Thursday week and addressed a meeting of engineers. His message, he said, was the most urgent ever delivered to Manchester. He had come to tell the truth. The......

We Are Glad To Know, However, That The Conscience Of

many young Quakers has directed them to a different conclusion, just as Quakers in the American Civil War took up arms because they saw that the cause which they judged to be......

Mr. Lloyd George Continued

"Pray, don't talk about conscription as if it were anti-demo- cratio. We won and saved our liberties in this land on more than one occasion by compulsory service. France saved......

Mr. J. W. Graham, The Principal Of Dalton Hall, Manchester,

wrote to the Westminster Gazette of Wednesday to say that, though the Society of Friends "has decided not at present even to consider the wisdom of removing from membership the......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

Aug. 8th.......