18 MARCH 1916, page 2

Lord Kitchener Followed Lord Derby In An Excellent...

ono which we think shOuld have preceded and not followed - Lord Ikerby's, as it sheated how futile is the plea of pledge- breaiing. Hero is the essential portion of Lord......

We Are Glad To Learn That, By Invitation Of The

Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, attended the Cabinet meeting on Thursday week. It will be remembered that Sir Robert Borden, the Prime......

On March 9th Mr. Lloyd George, In Receiving A Deputation

of the Temperance Council Of the Christian Churches, used language about the drink question to which, in our opinion, sufficient attention has not been drawn. Here are the words......

In The House Of Lords On Thursday Week Lord Montagu

of -Beaulieu made a long speech on the Air Service which was packed with information. He urged the Government to establish a Board, and later a Ministry, of Aviation. This was......

Unfortunately A Great Many More Than The Negligible...

apart from the exempted trades, refused the call, and the Government then kept their bargain by introducing, passing, and putting into operation a Compulsory Bill. These are the......

Lord Montagu's Speech Was An Extremely Useful...

professional mind well 'instructed on the mechanical side of the problem. Moreover, although it was very critical, it was bracing. He has not to reproach himself with having......

In The House Of Commons On Tuesday Mr. Tennant Introduced

the Army Estimates with a long review of the situation which left some things unsaid and said little new. He read a message from Sir Douglas Haig framed in excellent spirits.......

The Government Should 'not, Of Course, Hate Listened To The

presumptuous menaces of those who claimed to represent, 'but do not represent, the great Temperance - movement. Happily there seems reason to 'believe that they are beginning to......

The Foreign Office Has Issued A Detailed Refutation Of...

six preposterous charges made by the German Government that German women and children have been ill-treated , in England. The charges, when they do not refer to wholly imaginary......

Taking "this Passage, And Judging Also By The General Tone

of Mr. Lloyd George's remarks, we cannot help thinking that what he-s:meant to convey to his hearers was 'that he still has hopes of carrying through the thoroughly......

Before We Leave Lord Derby's Speech, There Is One More

word to be said. We desire to endorse, with the utmost earnest- ness of 'which we are capable, his urgent appeal that the Govern- ment should realize ", the absolute necessity......