21 MAY 1904, page 3

A Very Important Free-trade Meeting Was Held At...

on Tuesday under the joint auspices of the Women's Free-Trade Union and the Free-Trade Educational Committee. The Alike of Devonshire was in the chair, and the principal......

As Was To Be Expected, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Who

spoke next, supported the action of the Government by speech as well as later by his vote. Mr. Chamberlain's speech which followed showed evident signs of the agreement between......

The Times Of Thursday Published A Second Article By Captain

Mahan on the conditions of the Russo-Japanese conflict. It contains a most convincing argument against hasty generalisations from the 'Petropavlovsk' disaster, and the theory......

We Are Glad To Note That Mr. Asquith, Who Wound

up the debate, took off the gloves and dealt blow after blow at the Government. "I assert in all seriousness and with all deliberation that this amendment of the Prime......

Lord George Hamilton Made One Of The Admirable Short...

which have been the special feature of his contribu- tion to the Fiscal controversy,—his point being that unless Mr. Balfour spoke out plainly as to his policy the result must......

On The Same Day The Times Announced A Musical Dis-

covery of first-rate importance. In 1836 Wagner, then a struggling Kapellmeister at Konigsberg, was moved to write an overture based on the melody of "Rule Britannia," which had......

On Wednesday The Duke Of Devonshire Presided At A Meet-

ing of the Liberal Unionist Council and Association, at which the differences between him and Mr. Chamberlain were brought to an issue on the proposals moved by Mr. Chamberlain......

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