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Of Course It Must Be Admitted That Not All The

new acreage will justify itself. Some of the land has been indifferently cultivated ; some of the old land has not been kept as clean as it should be owing to shortage of labour......

The Greatest Injustice Of All Is For The Northcliffe Press

to pretend that because Lord Newton used flippant phrases about its proceed- ings his feelings are flippant about prisoners. His actions prove the exact contrary. He did his......

Of Course A Time Of War Is An Abnormal Time,

and as the Adminis- tration are responsible for the direct conduct of the war, they must directly manage the affairs of the country to an extent that is wholly unnecessary in......

As For The Western Front, On The Eve'of " A

very great attack by the German armies," Mr. Lloyd George said that he felt happier than he had done since the war began, because the Allies bad secured unity of direction and......

Speaking At Smethwick On Monday, Mr. G. H. Roberts, Minister

of Labour, said that one thing he had learned during the war was that the least governed were the best governed. Most of the people who had clamoured for centralization were now......

The Report Of The Food Production Department, Published...

papers of Wednesday, is a very satisfactory document,. More grassland has been brought under tillage than was conceived possible when the campaign of last autumn was started. It......

Given His Peculiar Point Of View, Lord Northcliffe Must As

a patriotic man use all his extraordinary powers of publicity and his singular methods in order to make his opinion prevail, and, as he thinks, to save the country. The persons......

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Lord Devonport, Lord

Desart, and Lord Oranmore asked questions about the policy of the Govern- ment as to prisoners of war. All of them were careful to pay a thoroughly well-deserved tribute to the......

But The Fact Which Interests Us Specially At The Moment

is the converging movement of several Labour leaders, of whom Mr. G. H. Roberts and Mr. Havelock Wilson are only two, towards a " patriotic " working men's reconstruction. This......

For The Rest, Lord Newton's Speech Was Remarkable For His

un- compromising denunciation of the " stunt " methods of the North- cliffe Press. Here is his description of the stunt proper. " You ascertain beforehand that a certain thing......

In The Rest Of His Speech Mr. G. H. Roberts

dealt with the difficult subject of demobilization after the war in a spirit which showed that he is for what may be called a strong, contented, and " patriotic " industrial......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 5i Per Cent.

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