22 JULY 1899, page 2

The Clericals In Catholic Countries Seem Much Disposed To...

an alliance with the Socialists, receiving their support in return for certain concessions to Collectivism, which is not, of course, in itself condemned by the Catholic faith.......

On Thursday The Tithe Bill Was Read A Third Time,

the Opposi- tion not proving half as relentless as was expected. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who wound up the debate on the Home- rule side, very cleverly avoided many of the......

Mr. Alger, The American Minister Of War, Has Resigned, To

the relief of all who wish prosperity to the United States. Americans are perhaps too ready to believe charges of pecuniary corruption, but of Mr. Alger's incapacity, his mis-......

Japan Has Been Promoted. The Great Sign That Europe Regards

a Power as only semi-civilised is the demand that all who visit it, or trade in it, should be exempted from the jurisdiction of the local Courts, the Consuls acting when......

Except For Mr. Balfour's Statement As To Public Business,...

debates in the House of Commons in the earlier part of the week were of little interest. There was a good deal of talking over the clauses of the Sale of Foods and Drugs Bill,......

Mr. Balfour On Monday Moved, In Favour Of Government Bills,

the suspension of the Standing Order under which no contentions business can be commenced after 12 o'clock—the Order which, we remember, roused Mr. Ayrton to an out- burst of......

Mr. Balfour's Reply Was Short, But Marked By A Good

deal of feeling. He was indignant, and we think justly indignant, at Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's attempt to represent the Bill as nothing but "a simple political bonus given......