Even More Important Was The Speech Made By Mr. Asquith
upon Mr. Cassel's amendment to omit from the operation of the clause Bills to extend the maximum duration of Parliament. Mr. Asquith took the opportunity of stating the......
The Consideration In Committee Of The Second Clause Of The
' Parliament Bill—dealing with Bills other than Money Bills—. was begun on Thursday. The first important amendment was that moved by Mr. Younger to limit the operation of the......
Mr. Balfour, In His Reply, Described The Prime Minister's...
as a very strange performance. In it the Prime Minister had given his adherence to Single-Chamber Govern- ment in its fullest form. If this doctrine of absolute Single- Chamber......
A Very Interesting Discussion Took Place In The House Of
Commons on Wednesday night on the motion of Mr. Guinness that " a discussion on the international situation should be added to the programme of the Imperial Conference." In the......
Two Important Amendments To The First Clause Of The Par-
liament Bill were considered on Tuesday night. The first of these, moved by Lord Hugh Cecil, proposed that no Bill for instituting or increasing payment of Members should be......
On Tuesday Mr. Churchill Introduced, Under The Ten...
his new Aliens (Prevention of Crime) Bill. He began by saying that it was impracticable to set up a cordon at the eighty or ninety ports where aliens might land, nor was any......
We Cannot Leave The Subject Without Expressing Our...
the unintelligent declaration of Mr. Martin, who concluded the debate. He stated that what the Colonies demanded most was their autonomy. But if this was to be given to thou we......
We Are Glad To Note That At The End Of
his speech Mr. Lyttelton drew special attention to a point which has been of late urged in these columns—namely, that if we are to have, as we ought to have, a comprehensive and......
Though Nothing Was Said On The Point In The Debate,
we suspect that the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, and the War Office have felt a certain difficulty in the matter, not in the least because they distrust the discretion of the......
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