14 DECEMBER 1912, page 2

We Rejoice At Our Contemporary's Boldness And Independ-...

almost as much as journalists as Unionists. It warms one's heart to see a party newspaper playing not fOr safety, or following its leaders over a precipice in dumb acquies-......

In The House Of Commons On Wednesday Mr. Middlemore Asked

whether under present arrangements we shall have in home waters in 1914 twenty-five fully commissioned battle- ships and six battle cruisers to Germany's twenty-nine battleships......

We Note With Great Pleasure That A Meeting Of The

Radical Plutocracy Inquiry which was held at the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon was largely attended. The meeting decided, in view of Mr. Lloyd George's threatened......

The Liverpool Courier, The Chief Unionist Organ In Lanca-...

and a very strong Tariff Reform paper, published on Thursday a long and vehement article on Lord Lansdowne's withdrawal of the Referendum pledge in connexion with Tariff Reform.......

We Are Glad To Call Attention To The Short But

weighty letter of Mr. W. V. Osborne in the Times of Monday on the subject of trade-union ballots. Mr. Osborne observes that members of the Opposition are being denounced as......

At Question-time On Thursday Mr. Bomar Law Asked Mr. Asquith

whether he would appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the financial management of the India Office, in view of recent disclosures as to balances and the purchase of......

Perhaps It Is As Well So. The Result Of The

vote shows clearly that the Union is destroyed by the Bill and that what Parliament has been doing is this, and not merely setting up a harmless subordinate legislature within......

But If The Liberals Win Another Election It Will Be

impossible further to withstand their present policy of passing Home Rule and despoiling the Welsh Church. The Liverpool Courier therefore makes the following demand :— " We ask......