21 FEBRUARY 1914, page 2

On Monday In The Commons Mr. W. Ormsby-gore Moved An

amendment to the Address to the effect that the Welsh Church Bill has no popular support and is provoking increased hostility and resentment. He remarked that the Bill was not......

Mr. Lloyd- George Said It Had Been Urged That It

would have been fairer to inquire into the land question by means of a Select Committee or Royal Commission. There was a reason why no useful purpose would have been served by......

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......

On Tuesday In The Commons Mr. Royds Moved An Amend-

ment to the Address regretting that the Government proposed no means of restoring the credit and security of laud and house property which they themselves bad undermined. There......

Mr. Balfour Examined The Manner In Which The Parliament Act

was working in the case of the Welsh Church Bill. The idea of the Act, as stated by the Prime Minister, was that no Bill should pans over the heads of the Lords unless it had......

After Lord Crewe Had Announced On Behalf Of The Govern-

ment that they would not offer any objection of any kind to the setting up of the proposed Committee, he did his hest to defend the action of Lord Murray. We can only say that......

We Have Not Apace To-day To Go Into Detail, But

before we leave the subject we should like to make one or two observa- tions on the whole matter. The valuable character of the "tip" given to Ministers by the Isaacs family is......

Last Sunday M. Briand And M. Barthou Addressed A Large

meeting at Havre in order to advance the formation of a new Briandist party. There were hostile demonstrations, which seemed to have been caref ally planned, as all the......

There Is A Further Point Which Is Apt To Escape

notice. It is sometimes said that in any case the Ministers who received the valuable "tip" did not let their possession of the shares in any way influence their public conduct.......

A Remarkable Meeting Of Protest Against The Home Rule Bill

was held in the City of London an Wednesday. Lard Rothschild moved and Lord Goschen seconded a resolution declaring that it was " impossible " to carry the Bill into effect. Mr.......