15 FEBRUARY 1913, page 2

On Thursday Afternoon The Speaker Informed The House That He

had received the report of the Committee, but that it was not for him to take any action unless so directed by a Resolution of the House. On this Mr. Asquith, as Leader of the......

We Venture To Say That The Incident Of Mr. Maxse

shows conclusively that we were right when, at the beginning of this business, we said thatthe proper way for Ministers to defend themselves from the allegations made against......

With Deep Sorrow We Record The Death Of The Southern

party in Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition. A search party discovered the bodies of Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson, and Lieutenant Bowers in their tent only eleven miles from the......

In The House Of Lords On Monday Lord Midleton, In

a very able and important speech, raised the whole question of the Territorial Force and also of the Special Reserve. We have dealt with the essentials of the problem elsewhere,......

Those Who Imagine That The Claim Made By Mr. Maxse

is dangerous and would lead to the unbridled licence of the press have entirely mistaken the situation. The editor's assertion of a right, or as we should prefer to say......

We Congratulate Mr. Maxse Upon His Action And On Fighting

the battle of the whole press with such spirit and ability. In our opinion he took the only course that an honourable man could have taken in refusing, no matter what the......

The Marconi Investigation Has Been During The Week A Cause

of no small public interest. On Wednesday Mr. Maxse, the editor of the National Review, was called as a witness before the Committee. In his evidence, though he refused to have......

We Have One More General Observation To Make. The Marconi

Committee appears to us throughout to have blundered badly. Sometimes it treated witnesses as a Con- tinental judge would treat them, and sometimes seemed to expect them to act......

We Cannot, Unfortunately, Find Room To Set Forth Either Lord

Roberts's plea for universal training or Lord Haldane's defence of his system. It is important, however, to note that Lord Lansdowne, though be was critical, would not commit......