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Lord Leverhulme, In The Course Of An Interesting Address To

the shareholders of his company last week, sharply criticized the' Colonial Office for maintaining the export - duties on West African produce and especially the differential......

Mr. Collins Himself Seems To Have Had A Narrow Escape

on Sunday. The train by which he was to have travelled to address a meeting at' Wexford was stopped in County Wicklow by armed men who had-removed the rails and forbade the......

There Are Persistent Rumours Of A Revival Of The Red

Terror in Russia, directed mainly against the clergy. The Bolsheviks profess a desire that the Orthodox Church should • give up its " treasures " for the relief of the......

Lord Salisbury, Who, Like His Father, Uses Plain Words About

plain facts, told the Junior Imperial League on Saturday last that, when the General Election came, they must defend Con- servatism as Conservatism. The Coalition leaders, he......

Mr. Churchill Went On To Defend The Coalition As Necessary

in face of the Socialist •menace -to our liberties. He emphasized the_differences between_Liberalism and_Soeiellifee, and aid. great stress on the despotic nature of the......

Lest We May Seem To Do Mr. De Valera An

injustice, we quote the salient passage from a conversation between him and the correspondent of the 'Manchester Guardian, whose admiration for Sinn Fein is well known. He was......

We Have Described In Our Leading Columns The First Breeze

of the Conference. We may add that on the second day that the Commissions met there was a renewal of irritation because of the Russian claims. The Russians have been long out of......

Mr. Churchill, Speaking At Dundee Last Saturday, Said...

condition of Ireland caused grave anxiety and that it might get worse before it got better. The British Government stood by the Treaty. Irishmen were free to govern or misgovern......

The House Of Commons On Monday Gave A Second Reading,

by 146 votes to 141, to a Bill empowering the London and North-Western Railway Company to establish motor-services for the transport of goods by road, whether the 'goods had or......

Lord Crawford, The Scholarly First Commissioner Of Works,...

to the Cabinet last Saturday. The Cabinet is now composed of eleven Conservatives and eight Coalition _Liberals. The Prime Minister's chief adviser, Sir - Willaim Sutherland,......

Mr. De Valera's Section Of The Irish Republican Army Con-

tinues to-do as it -pleases, without regard to the Provisional Governmentof the Irish Free State. In Dublin itself, on Friday, April 7th, a large body of men took possession of......

-lord Salisbury Went On To Say That Conservatism Was No

merely negative creed. 'It recognized that, as the nation developed, new wants -had to be satisfied, without abandoning our traditions. Lord Salisbury declared that there was a......