21 FEBRUARY 1914, page 1

Lord Lansdowne Ended His Speech By Some Very Sound Remarks

as to the composition of the Committee, which he desired should be thoroughly judicial in character. Nothing was said as to the names of the Committee, but it is rumoured that......

After So Unsatisfactory A Statement As Lord Murray's, The...

of Lords would have stultified itself, as the joint guardian of the public honour and of public probity, if it had not taken action. The fact that the House of Commons failed so......

In Regard To The Charges Connected With The Party Funds,

Lord Murray confined himself to a simple confession and apology—subject, of course, to his declaration that the trans- action was free from dishonour. "On reflection, I con-......

.lord Lansdowne Made A Very Strong Point In Noting That

the report of the majority of the Committee was so obviously partisan that the Government, though anxious to whitewash, did not venture to found their resolution upon the......

News Of The W Eek.

I N the House of Lords on Tuesday Lord Murray made Ms personal statement. It was a series of apologies, and in form ample enough and candid enough. Lord Murray,however, entirely......

Lord Lanadovrne Began By Pointing Out That There Never Was

a wilder or more discreditable Stock Exchange gamble than that which took place over the issue of the American Marconi shares. "There were inordinate gains and cruel and......

Lord Lansdovrne's Speech Was Very Moderate As Well As Very

clear, but it was also one of the most damaging exposures of the action of the incsiminated Ministers that have yet been made. Those who know anything of Lord Lansdowne, or who......

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