13 NOVEMBER 1909, page 1

On Thursday The Turkish Circular Note On The Cretan Question

was presented at the Foreign Office. The purport of the Note is to urge upon the protecting Powers a prompt settlement of the Cretan question on lines which would guarantee......

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News Of The Week.

I T seems as certain as anything can be in the region of politics that when the Finance Bill comes on for second reading in the House of Lords in some ten days from now it will......

The Drawback To A Small Majority Either Way Under The

ridiculous system which gives Ireland forty Members more than she has a right to is the danger of the Nationalists holding the balance. We publish elsewhere a "communi- cated"......

Granted That The Lords Decide Upon Demanding The Decision Of

the country on the Budget before it has been tasted—in fact, demand a Referendum—it is, in our opinion, their busi- ness to do their best to provide the machinery for such......

While We Hold That The Lords Are Making A Mistake

in tactics, we do not wish to exaggerate the consequences which will probably flow from their action. Though there is danger of an ugly crisis in which the country may be misled......

If We Were Forced To Prophesy What Would Be The

result of the elections, we should be inclined to express the belief that the majority will be a small one either way, but that possibly the Unionists may have the advantage.......