17 APRIL 1909, page 3

The Writer Denies That There Is Any Evidence To Show

that the autocracy of Sir John Fisher has enabled him to . do anything without the consent of his colleagues. To i nsinuate as much is to libel the other members of the Board.......

The Times Of Tuesday States That The Small Fleet Of

steam trawlers which the Admiralty has purchased during the past two or three weeks is to be used solely for the purpose of dis- covering submarine mines which might be laid in......

The Case Against The Admiralty Is Greatly Reinforced By An

able letter from Mr. H. W. Wilson in last Saturday's Times. Under ten different headings he emphasises the remarkable contrast : we precept and practice which has prevailed......

The First Of The Articles In Defence Of The Admiralty

appears in the Times of Monday. After emphasising the similarity of andpoint between the writer of the articles in the Times and Civil]." and drawing therefrom the conclusion......

Mr. Winston Churchill Has Addressed A Long Letter To The

chairman of the Liberal Party in Dundee "to combat the naval alarms." He condemns the "stupid and vicious error" of attempting to measure the strength of the British Navy, or......

Bank Rate, 2i Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

April 1st. Consols (21-) were on Friday 85i—Thursday week Sq.......

The Times Of Thursday Publishes The Indictment Of M....

formerly Director of Police in the Russian Ministry of the Interior, who is charged with high treason for having betrayed the police spy Azetf to the Social Revolutionaries. The......

The Death Of Mr. Swinburne A Few Days After His

seventy- second birthday removes the last, and in some ways the most richly gifted, of the great Victorian poets. A fine classical . „ a cnolar and deeply versed in the French......

Reticence Has Never Been A Strong Point Of Mr. Churchill,

but he has never carried his indiscretion or lack of considera- tion for his colleagues further than in this extraordinary letter. What he describes as stupid, vicious, and......