22 DECEMBER 1917, page 3

The First Lord Of The Admiralty, In The House Of

Commons on Thursday week, appealed for more labour for the shipyards. He (raid that the combined output of war vessels and merchantmen built this year would probably equal the......

Lord Robert Cecil, Who Closed The Debate, Said That Neither

he nor any other Minister advocated an economic war after the war. But there was a shortage of raw materials in the world, and if the war was prolonged, the stocks would be......

Mr. Balfour, In The House Of Commons On Wednesday, Replied

at length to the Pacificist demand for a re-statement of our war aims. He rebuked Mr. Ponsonby in severe terms for declaring that the chaos in Russia was the result of our......

The Question Of Alien Enemies Who Are Still At Large

in this country was raised in the House on Monday by Mr. Joynson-Hicks, who said that there were 13,546 male alien enemies uninterned—namely, 6,820 Germans, 5,609 Austrians, 38......

The King And Queen Attended The Very Impressive Choral Com-

memoration of the heroic deeds of the First Seven Divisions front Mons to Ypres, held at the Albert Hall last Saturday. Seven hundred men of the Old Army were entertained at the......

Lord. Rhondda, In A Speech To The Food Control Committees

of North London on Tuesday, expressed his disappointment at the failure of the Local Committees to stop the queues of would-be purchasers outside provision-shops, as these......

No One Has Disputed The Statement We Made Recently That

Capta in Bowen-Colthurst, who is still in the Criminal Lunatic Asylum at Broadmoor, is being treated worse than the men and non-com- missioned officers who are suffering, as he......

We Do Not Ask That Captain Colthurst Should Be Treated

better than the men and N.C.O.'e, but we do repeat our appeal that he should not be treated worse. If, as was shown at the time, what Captain Colthurst did he did unwittingly......

Mr. Clynes, On Behalf Of The Food Controller, Told The

House on Monday that the total consumption of food by the civil population had been greater in 1917 than in 1916, and that the consumption, especially of meat, must be......

Sir Edward Carson, In The House Of Commons On Friday

week, made a vigorous attack on the Pacificists who had objected to a vote for the National War Aims Committee. The Pacificists, he said, were the authors of the Committee. But......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From Di Per Cent.

April 5th.......