16 JUNE 1917, page 3

It Is With Profound Regret That We Notice The Tendency

of the Government to .weaken on the question of forbidding horse-racing. We love the horse as much as any Englishman alive or dead, and are a great deal more anxious than most......

No Doubt A Point May Be Reached Where The Possessors

of some articles essential for the waging of the war or for the feeding of the population hold their goods back or withdraw them from public gale. In that case the Government......

After Mr. Leslie Scott Had Pointed Out The Very Significant

fact that no country which had adopted Proportional Representation had ever gone back upon it and that its history was one of con- tinuous progress, and Sir George Reid had said......

All This Was Excellent, But Unfortunately At The End Of

his speech he let drop a most misleading, and therefore dangerous, word. He hinted that the suggestion that " profiteering " might be partly responsible for high prices of food......

On Tuesday The Prime Minister Received The Commissioners...

inquire into the causes of the Labour Unrest. Their investigation must be thorough, but it should be completed without delay, and he added characteristically that the......

We Are Glad To See That The Food Controller Has

made an urgent appeal to every householder in the country to reduce his consump- tion of bread, while at the- same time the public is reminded by constant advertisement in the......

We Are Making No Dialectical Point When We Demand A

defini- tion. As we ask in another part of our issue, does " profiteering " mean such increase as that made; and quite legitimately made, when the price of the Times was......

Mr. Wilson Defines The Principles Of An Effective...

follows :— " No• people must - be forced under a soVerel,gtty under which - it does not wish to live. No territory-must-change hands except for the purpose of securing those......

Sir George Cave Having Appealed To The House To Come

to a decision on the question and insisted once more that the Govern- ment desired to leave the question to a free and unfettered House, and Sir John Simon having pointed out......

The House Of Commons On Tuesday- Was Concerned With Colonel

glutei's proposal that the Boundary Commissioners should act on the assumption that Proportional Representation was not adopted. The debate then turned upon whether Pro-......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 5i Per Cent.

April 5th.......