1 JANUARY 1910, page 10

Lord Rothschild Made A Very Interesting Speech On Tuesday At

a meeting held in support of Mr. Percy Simmons, the Unionist candidate for the St:George's-in-the-East division. If the Jews had good reason to complain of the Aliens Act or its......

On Monday The Indian National Congress Met At Lahore. Since

the violent scenes of two years ago, when the extremists left the meeting, the Congress has been in the hands of the moderate Nationalists. There have been various attempts to......

In A Letter To Mr. H. S. Foster Mr. Balfour

has expressed his views on food-taxes. "I think," he says, "there are three replies to the Radical statements about food-taxes Food is already taxed; (2) the proportionate......

At Rugby On Tuesday Lord Salisbury Made A Very Straight..

forward defence of the House of Lords. A Second Chamber was essential, for "otherwise the House of Commons might pass an Act making itself permanent," and the Second Chamber......

Nor Do We Think It An Unreasonable Request That Mr.

Balfour should make such a declaration. It is to be remem- bered that he has now one of the rare opportunities of statesmanship,—not of gaining a mere party success, but of......

Mr. Chamberlain's Address Was Issued In Thursday's...

by noting the crucial nature of the Election and the vital questions it will decide. It will settle the fate of an unjust Budget, and it will afford the chance of introducing......

Mr. Winston Churchill's Election Address, When Shorn Of...

platitudes, is chiefly remarkable for its denuncia- tions of the Peers. Their attack upon the House of Commons, he maintains, has "a deep social cause "—viz., hostility to the......