1 AUGUST 1908, page 2

Lord Rosebery Was Followed By The Lord Chancellor, Who Drew

the attention of the House to the Commons' Resolution of 1678 with reference to the respective rights and privileges of the Lords and Commons in regard to money Bills. The Bill,......

To Suppose That The Machinery Would Be Difficult To Set

up is surely a mistake. All that would be necessary would be to add a Referendum clause to a Bill stating that it should not come into operation until it bad been voted on and......

In Our Opinion, The Question Of Privilege Is One Which

is very largely misunderstood. What is to be considered is not the particular wording of the Commons' Resolution of 1678, but the principle at the back of it. This principle is,......

Lord Lansdowne Replied That The Peers Had To Think Not

only of the privileges of the Commons but of their own. There was a tendency, he declared, to restrict those rights in a manner very dangerous to the public interest. No one......

The Tercentenary Celebrations At Quebec Were Continued On...

and Saturday and Sunday last. On the Friday there was a great review of troops and bluejackets by the Prince of Wales on the Plains of Abraham. The Times correspondent describes......

Serious Riots Have Occurred Among The Native Population...

as a means of expressing sympathy with Mr. Tilak, who was condemned to transportation for publishing seditious and violent articles. On Friday week Europeans were attacked in......

The Situation At Tabriz Is Serious, As The Royalist And

anti- Royalist forces are no nearer bringing the fighting to a conclusion. Supplies are cut off from the town, which is threatened with economic ruin, though, as the Times......

On Tuesday In The Lords, Before The House Went Into

Com- mittee on the Old-Age Pensions Bill, Lord Rosebery protested against the measure. He would have liked, be declared, to have made the Bill the subject of a Referendum to the......