14 DECEMBER 1918, page 2

Mr. Lloyd George In Leeds Last Saturday Addressed A Large

and enthusiastic audience, speaking with pride, and not unjustifiable self-satisfaction, on the second anniversary of his summons to serve as Prime Minister, as " the only......

Mr. Asquith. At Lincoln On Monday Defined To An Audience

of women his idea of "a clean peace," which could be made only by men who regarded themselves "as trustees for the whole future of the civilized world." Women must now work for......

There Is No Doubt That "conscription After The War" Is

being kuned by the Labour Party and by a good many Liberals into a Brst-class political Issue. Apart from Mr. Lloyd George's speech, the most remarkable statement on the subject......

To A Crowded Meeting Of Women In The Queen's Hall,

London, on Monday Mr. Lloyd George professed himself a believer in Women's Suffrage for not less than twenty years. Now nearly seven millions of women have the vote, having won......

The Letter Went On To Say That The Cabinet Would

not touch this proposal till after the Election, or at all events till the "League of Nations nonsense" had been discussed. Mr. Thomas's comment was : "That is what the military......

The Admiralty Announced Last Week That The Enemy Had Sur-

rendered all warships in Turkish waters or in the Black Sea. The notorious Goebel' ' is now in our charge in the Bosphorus. Four U '-boats also were given up. The Russian......

Mr. Asquith, When He Likes, Is A Master Of Precise

statement. Yet when he was asked at Cupar on Wednesday the plain question, "Are you prepared to coerce Ulster ? " he took refuge in the ambiguous and evasive reply, " I do not......

The Rhine Is Now An International River. British Troops...

Cologne on Friday week, and have since occupied Bonn. The Belgian Army holds the left bank of the Rhine north of Cologne. The Americans are at Coblenz and occupy the picturesque......

If It Be Said That A Large Army Will Never

be wanted again— and we sincerely hope that this may be true—it nevertheless remains very sound policy to have a large pool of men to choose from, even if the comparatively......

Come What May, Military Responsibilities Cannot Be Wiped...

they may be, and we earnestly hope will be, enormously reduced. In these circumstances it is surely the part of every good denlocrat to admit that the service which a man......

Would Lapse, And There Was No Intention To Renew It.

Whether Conscription in any form would be required in the future would depend upon the terms of Peace. The existence of great conscript armies on the Continent provoked the war.......