15 DECEMBER 1928, page 1

News Of The Week

S INCE we wrote last week the comparatively satis- factory progress of the King has given place to a renewal of deep anxiety, and yet again, by a sudden and surprising change,......

There Was A Useful Debate In The House Of Lords

on Tuesday when Lord Clarendon proposed the reform of that House. He suggested that the House should be reconstituted by limiting for each Parliament the number of hereditary......

Lord Clarendon Deprecated In Advance Any Suspicion That...

to embarrass the Government in face of the approaching General Election, and he emphasized the absence from his scheme of any idea of repealing the Parliament Act, though there......

The Lord Chancellor Announced The Refusal Of The...

accept Lord Clarendon's resolution on the ground that the Government could not possibly plunge into such legislation in the remaining months of the present Parliament—especially......

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