17 MARCH 1906, page 3

Sir Edward Grey In Reply Contended That A Refusal To

aid the Transvaal to obtain Chinese labour except under proper conditions ought not to be described as thwarting the Colony. Recruiting in China could not go on Without......

On Thursday Major Seely Moved To Reduce The Vote For

204,100 men on the Home and Colonial establishments of the Empire, exclusive of those serving in India, by 10,000 men. Profoundly as we disagree with Major Seely's Motion, we......

Mr. Arnold-forster's Speech Showed A Reasonable Temper,...

entirely with him in his remarks in regard to such absurdities as the proposal to substitute arbitration and the rhetoric of universal-peace orations for military preparations.......

The Names Of Those Appointed To Serve On The Royal

Com- mission on Canals and Waterways—promised last December— and the terms of reference were announced last week. The Commission is to inquire and report on the present......

, The Chinese Labour Question Was Brought Up In The

Commons on Wednesday evening by Major Seely, who moved a reduction of the vote on the ground that under the Conven- tion of 1904, which was based on that of 1860, British......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols (21 per cent.) were on Friday 901.......