We Feel Concerned To Do At The Change Of Ministry
what we did at the formation of the Coalition Government—to bring before the public the question of Ministerial salaries. Whether those salaries are to be pooled by private ,......
Mr. Lloyd George Replied In A Private Letter In Which
he accepted the proposed arrangement subject to the satisfactory selection of the personnel of the War Committee. But Mr. Asquith, after a con- sultation with some of his......
The Proper And The Reasonable Plan For A Statesman Who
has held high office is when he leaves office to go automatically an half-pay, provision of course being made to prevent a man being given high office in order to provide him......
The Liberal Members Of Both Houses Met At The Reform
Club on 'Friday week, when Mr. Asquith ,explained• the , cireuseetatee' which bad led up to his ;resignation. There bad been, he said, "a Well-organized, carefully engineered......
Here Is A Very Important Reform, And One, Though We
admit it looks petty, well worth Mr. Lloyd George's attention. We sincerely trust that he will have the courage—a quality , in which happily he is seldom lacking—to take the......
Next, And This Is . Even More Important Than Equalization
of salaries, comes the provision of an. automatic pension system. Ministers who have thrown up their powers of earning a livelihood in civil employments and devoted themselves......
Further, We Would Give The Prime Minister And The Ministers
who have to entertain largely, such as the heads of the War Office, the Admiralty, the. Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the India Office, an allowance of £1,000 a year......
Bank Rate, 6 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.
July 13th.......
Being Anxious To Avoid A Break-up Of The Government In
the national interest, Mr. Asquith met Mr. Lloyd George and dis- cussed the situation-to find out if an accommodation were possible. They differed not only as to the necessity......
Not Very Much Trustworthy News Has Come From Athens During
the week, as the cables are now in the hands of the Royalists. But it is plain from the stories of refugees arriving at the Piraeus that large numbers of Venizelists who were......
We Ourselves Think That The Attacks In The Press On
Mr. Asquith, Lord Grey of Falloden, and Mr. Balfour have been grossly unjust and ffi-mannered, and altogether discreditable. But, after all, did not Mr. Asquith make rather too......
This Automatic Provision Of Half-pay Can, We Believe, Be...
without increasing the burden of Ministerial salaries upon the nation ; or if a slight increase were required, it would be so small as not to be noticeable in view of the great......
We Feel The Very Strongest Sympathy With Those Who Say
that the National Gallery ought to give over to the National Gallery in Dublin Sir Hugh Lane's collection of Continental picthres. It is absolutely clear that by doing so it......
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