17 JANUARY 1914, page 1

At Belfast On Friday Week Mr. Charles Craig Announced That

the Ulster Indemnity Fund already exceeded the million pounds for which the Ulster Unionist Council had asked. He added that the Force now numbered almost 100,000 men. We notice......

As Our Readers Know, We Believe That Resort To A

Referendum would be the best solution of the difficulty. Whether Ulstermen would accept an adverse verdict we tannot say, but at all events if they were bereft of the support of......

As We Have Often Said, Exclusion Goes To The Heart

of tl,e matter because it is a demand founded on the Governments own principles—the principles on which the Bill is based. The Government cannot withstand the argument for......

News Of The Week.

T HERE was nothing in Mr. Bonar Law ' s speech at Bristol on Thursday night which could surprise the country, for it had already been freely rumoured that the negotiationa......

A Proposed Compromise Of The Irish Difficulty, Which Is...

to Mr. Thomas Lough and is supported by Professor Mahaffy, has attracted some attention during the week. The proposal, in brief, is that for twenty years in the Irish Parliament......

The Syndicalist Strike In South Africa Is In Process Of

collapse, thanks to the unexampled promptitude and thorough. nesa of General Botha ' s Government. Directly it was clear that the railway strike would develop, unless it were......

After Saying That His Conversations With Mr. Asquith...

to nothing, Mr. Boner Law went on to declare that it was necessary now to assume that the Government meant to carry out their policy to the bitter end. "On that assumption it......

%. The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manuscript In Any

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Notice.—with This Week's Number Of The " Spectator" Is...

an Eight-Page Supplement, containing the Hatf.Yearly Baer and Title-Page—i.e., from Italy 5th to December27th, 1913, inclusive.......