19 FEBRUARY 1921, page 1

Mx, Asquith Opened The Debate On The Address By Asking

a number of questions about matters omitted from the Speech. Mr. Thomas, on behalf of the Labour Party, expressed a desire for - economy, not by saving " the few hundreds of......

Mr. Clynes On Wednesday Moved A Labour Amendment To The

Address regretting that the Government had not promised a Bill " recognizing the right of the genuine unemployed to work or adequate maintenance. " He said that the Govern. ment......

The Prime Minister Assured The House That The Campaign...

the Sinn Fein rebels had had good results. The rebels no longer dared to murder policemen in orowded streets. The Sinn Fein courts were no longer held. The police were not......

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News Of The Week

T HE Kin opened Parliament on Tuesday with the old State ceremonial that had not been seen since the war began. The King ' s Speech expressed the hope that the Peace Treaties......

The Prime Minister Went On To Say That The Report

of the inquiry into the Cork fires would not be published. The Govern- ment concluded that there had been " acts of indiscipline on the part of some of the auxiliary force, "......

The Prime Minister, Replying To Mr. Asquith, Said That The

Paris Conference had not proposed a revision of the Peace Treaty. All that it had done was to fix the total sum to be paid in reparation and to propose " an annuity which......

The Speech Went On To State That The Government Programme

of legislation would be comparatively light. The most pressing problem was that of unemployment ; it was proposed to extend the provision made for persons out of work, though......

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