22 FEBRUARY 1919, page 2

Conflicting Opinions Have Been Expressed In America With...

the draft scheme for the League. Mr. Taft said that it surpassed his hopes, and that it ought to be accepted by the Senate. On the other hand, some Senators asserted that the......

The Bitter Cry Of The Small Householder, Who Is Asked

by his landlord to buy his house at a war price or leave it, was raised in the House of Commons on Monday. In the present scarcity of houses, some landlords seem to be acting in......

Marshal Foch On Sunday Last Renewed The Armistice With...

snaking the new condition that the Germane must cease their military operations against the Poles and respect a temporary frontier which leaves the greater part of Posen to the......

A Labour Amendment To The Address On Thursday Week,...

the absence of " definite proposals " for dealing with the causes of industrial unrest, brought a sensible speech from Mr. J. H. Thomas. He admitted that no Trade Union was eo......

The Ministry Of Labour Announced On Tuesday That A National

Industrial Conference will be held next Thursday to consider the labour unrest. All the Industrial Councils and other bodies representing employers and workmen in the various......

The House Of Commons On Tuesday And Wednesday Showed Itself

critical of the Bill to relieve new Ministers of the necessity of seeking re-election under the Statute of 9 Anne. It is ad- mittedly undesirable that a Prime Minister should be......

Italy Has Given The Austrians A Sharp Reminder Of Their

defeat by claiming the pictures which were forcibly removed from Venetia by its Austrian rulers eighty years ago, and which have since formed some of the chief treasures of the......

Mr. Boner Law, Replying On The Amendment, Which Was Rejected

by 311 votes to 59, pointed out that the Government had done a great deal to increase wages and reduce the hours of labour, and that it bad checked " profiteering " with more......

"f'he New Rules Of Procedure Proposed By The Government Came

before the House of Commons on Tuesday and Wednesday. It may be noted, as a curious instance of the strength of Parliamentary tradition, that the Labour leader, who avowedly......

The Iffiners' Federation, Having Curtly Rejected The...

of an increase in wages and an inquiry into the whole question of coal production, thought fit to publish on Friday week a long statement of its case. It admitted that its......