18 JULY 1908, page 3

But Though We Detest The Convention, And Should Like To

see it denounced, we are bound to admit that in dealing with their friends and neighbours the British Government are obliged to preserve a certain continuity of action, and that......

On Monday Mr. Balfour Addressed The Parents' League On...

education. The League, which was created nine months ago, has a membership of over seventy thousand, and its principle is "the right of the parent to determine the religious......

We Note With No Small Satisfaction That Lord Derby Has

withdrawn his resignation of the chairmanship of the West Lancashire Territorial Army Association. In resigning as he did when Lord Shuttleworth was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of......

The Report By Mr. Ernest Ayes On Colonial Labour Legisla-

tion has been published this week. Mr. Ayes, who writes of Wages Boards and Conciliation and Arbitration Boards, utters a wholesome warning against arguing from the particular......

On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Received A Large And Influential...

of Members of Parliament in regard to the Sugar Convention,—a deputation which represented two hundred of his supporters. Mr. Villiers, who introduced the deputation, spoke......

On Friday Week Mr. Asquith Was Entertained At Dinner By

the Bar of England in the Inner Temple Hall. Mr. Asquith, although not the first "practising barrister" who has become Prime Minister, is the first who has combined great......

The Papers Of Thursday Published A Correspondence Between...

in the House of Lords and Mr. Hazleton, an Irish Member of Parliament, who complained that a friend of his had been required to leave the House of Lords because he was wearing a......

Bank Rate, 21 Per Cent., Changed From 8 Per Cent.

May 28th. Consols (2f) were on Friday 87f—on Friday week 871.......