20 MAY 1916, page 1

On Monday Mr. Asquith Motored To Belfast, Where He Had

luncheon with the Lord Mayor and met several prominent citizens. It is said that ho discussed with them the possibility of disarming the Volunteers. In the evening he returned......

We Regret To Say That Our Gallant Italian Allies Seem

to have suffered something in the nature of a setback in Tirol, around Rovereto. The Austrians, who are almost as accomplished romancers in this respect as the Germans, claim to......

It Is Now Getting On For A Year Since The

Italians entered the war. During that time their Army has fought, under physical difficulties which have been almost incredible, the most gallant of fights. Their soldiers are......

A Correspondent Sent To The Times Of Friday Week Some

account, derived mostly from official figures, of the German exactions in Russian Poland. There have been both illegal and quasi-legal exactions. From Lodz £3,300,000 worth of......

The House Of Lords On Thursday Week Continued The Debate

on a motion introduced by Lord Loreburn the day before expressing profound dissatisfaction with the administration of affairs in Ireland. Lord Lansdowne said that if Lord......

Mr. Asquith Arrived In Ireland On Friday Week. After...

the ruins of Saekville Street, he conversed with Sir John Maxwell, Sir Robert Chalmers (the new Under-Secretary), and several permanent officials. It is generally believed that......

In Our Trenches There Has Been A Certain Amount Of

liveliness, but no decisive action on either side. On the Belgian coast British destroyers and monitors were engaged with German destroyers on Tuesday afternoon. After a short......

News Of The Week

• T HERE is little news of importance from the Western Front. The attacks on Verdun continue, but they have made no real headway. There seems some reason to believe, however,......

To Our Readers.—one Of The Chief Ways In Which Our

readers can help us to meet the Paper Famine is by informing the Newsagents, Booksellers, or Railway Bookstalls from which they are accustomed to purchase their paper that they......

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