14 MARCH 1908, page 2

Lord Tweedmouth Made A Brief Personal Statement In The House

of Lords on Monday. On February 18th he received a private and personal letter through the ordinary post from the German Emperor. He showed the letter, which was very friendly......

The Congregation Of The Inquisition Has Taken The Extreme...

of pronouncing sentence of greater excommunication against the Abbe Loisy. This measure has been taken at the express command of the Pope, who is stated to have deferred action......

In The Course Of The Debate Lord Roberts Made A

striking speech, in which he strongly criticised the present arrange- ments as to the artillery. He declared that the hundred and ninety-six Territorial batteries, by reason of......

The Discussion, Which Was Renewed On Tuesday, Was Marked By

a most important and explicit declaration by Mr. Asquith in reply to the question which Mr. Balfour had put on Monday. He wished to know whether, on certain assumptions, Germany......

In The House Of Lords On Thursday Lord Midleton Called

attention to the strength of the Army at home, and expressed the fear that the attention of the public and the Government had been deflected from the Regulars by the great......

On Wednesday In The Resumed Debate In The Lords On

the second reading of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill, Lord Balfour of Burleigh laid stress on the disastrous effects likely to follow from the separation of Scotland from......

The Naval Estimates Were Again Under Discussion In The...

on Monday. On the vote for a hundred and twenty-eight thousand officers, seamen, and Coastguards, Mr. Robertson defended the Home Fleet as a real fleet in being, and denied that......