A Forecast Of The Interim Report Of The Committee On.

Public Expenditure appears in Wednesday's papers. According to the Parliamentary representative of the Daily News, the principal recommendation relates to the Post Office......

Officers. Other Ranks. TotaL Killed or died of wounds 4,965 ... 70,992 ... 75,957 Wounded • ■• 0•• 9,973 ... 241,086 ... 251,059 Missing .0• 000 004 1,501 ... 53,466 ... 54,967......

On Monday Night The Admiralty Announced That Admiral Sir...

Scott had been appointed "to take charge of the gunnery defences of London against attack by enemy air- craft." Recent events had given rise to a vary widespread feeling that it......

He Would Not Promise Immunity; From Aerial Attack To Any

part of the United Kingdom, but he could guarantee, Without being unduly optimistic, that everything was being done to organize such defences as were possible. Though much......

The Report Of The Visit To The Front Of The

first of eight parties, each consisting of seven representative workmen and one Labour member of the Parliamentary Munitions Com- mittee, appeared in Tuesday's papers. The visit......

In This Connexion We May Briefly Summarize Mr. Balfour's...

in the Commons on Wednesday on aerial raids. He admitted that it was a paradox that the Admiralty should be in charge of the defenoe of London, but it had grown out of the......

The Volunteer Training Corps Are Being Trcught Finally...

out of the doldrums. We recorded last week the acceptance by the War Office of the principle that Volunteer battalions should serve for a month at a time in France. Last Sunday......

The Papers Have Been Full Of Disquieting Rumours Of Unrest

among railway employees. It is understood that the men consider the war bonus as inadequate, and demand in addition an all-round advance in wages ; but their representatives,......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed F Rom 6 P.c. Aug.

8th, 1914.......

The Course Of The Week Has Been Marked By Almost

uninter- rupted activity on the part of the enemy's airships and aero- planes. Zeppelin raids on the East Coast took place last Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights, in all three......

The Preface Ends With The Following Words :—

"If we are not allowed to equip our factories and workshops with adequate labour to supply our armies, because we must not transgress regulations applicable to normal conditions......