18 APRIL 1908, page 1

It Must Be Admitted . That Mr. Asquith Has Performed What

must always be a difficult and invidious task in such a way as to command general approval. No adequate reasons have been given for the supersession of so judicious an......

News Of The Week.

T HE process of reconstructing the Ministry was completed on Monday, and, subject to certain reserves, Mr. Asquith is cordially to be congratulated on the manner in which he has......

The Congo State Has Published An Answer To The Charges

by the British Consuls in the Free State which were contained in the White Paper issued to the British Houses of Parliament. Many of the Consuls' assertions are declared to be......

Before Leaving The Subject Of The Ministry We Desire To

express our satisfaction that the Government intend to raise the salaries of the President of the Board of Trade and of the President of the Local Government Board to £5,000 a......

On Wednesday The Belgian Chamber Began The Debate On The

annexation of the Congo Free State,—a question, as the Times correspondent truly says, more momentous than any considered by the nation since the separation from Holland in......

The Reasons—creditable At Once To His Good Sense And Public

spirit—which have induced Mr. Morley to accept a peerage while retaining his post at the India Office are set forth in the dignified letter to his constituents which appeared in......

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