13 JANUARY 1912, page 3

The Memorandum Concludes With The Expression Of A Hope That

the new scheme will secure for the Navy a body of officers afloat and ashore systematically trained for Staff duties, and will enable the First Sea Lord to decide and advise on......

One Of The Most Spectacular Fires Which Have Ever Occurred

in New York destroyed the Equitable Building in Broadway early on Tuesday morning. The building stood in the heart of the financial quarter of the city, and itself contained the......

The New Appointments Are As Follows : Rear-admiral Tron-...

is to be Chief of the War Staff and Captain Thomas Jackson, Director of the Intelligence Division, succeeds the present Director of Naval Intelligence, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

Sept. 21st. Consols (28) were on Friday 76 Friday week 77k.......

The Decision As To Accepting Or Rejecting The Advice Of

the Staff rests with the First Sea Lord. This provision needs to be studied in connexion with the rhetorical passage quoted above as to the comprehensive brain of the War Staff.......

Under The Heading " The Cabinet, The House, And The

Women " the Daily Chronicle of Thursday gives special prominence to a remarkable article urging resort to the Referendum on the question of woman suffrage. If, as the Chronicle......

Mr. Balfour Presided On Saturday At A Meeting At Hadding-

ton—at which Mr. Hall Blyth, the Unionist candidate for East Lothian, was presented with his portrait—and made his first political speech since his retirement. In a vigorous......

The Trials Of The New Battle-cruiser Lion' Were Begun In

the Channel on Monday and proved extremely satisfactory. According to an account in the Times the eight hours' full- power trial was run " in probably the most severe weather......