21 MARCH 1908, page 1

We Have Received From The Government Of The Common- Wealth

of Australia an exceedingly interesting Memorandum on the proposed organisation of a National Guard for the land defence of Australia. It gives in detail the scheme for the......

In The House Of Commons On Friday Week The Second

reading of the Unemployed Workmen Bill was rejected by a majority of 149 (265 to 116). The significance of the division- list is not confined to the large number of Liberals who......

News Of The Week.

I T is with great regret that we again record the fact that the Prime Minister's condition shows no improvement. The continuance of a state of which the best that can be said is......

The German Imperial Finances Look More Difficult The More...

are examined. On Tuesday they were discussed by the Budget Committee of the Reichstag, and the Times corre- spondent says that the Imperial Debt, which amounts to over......

The Dispute Between China And Japan Over The Capture Of

the Tatsu-Maru ' was settled at the end of last week. The modified Japanese demands to which China consented included a sufficient apology for the hauling down of the Japanese......

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