22 MAY 1909, page 1

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday The Duke Of

Bedford called attention to the reductions in the Regular Army and the Regular Reserve, to the deficiency of officers in the Regular Army and in the Special Reserve, and to the......

News Of The Week.

V ERY little of importance in foreign affairs has been recorded during the week, but we note that the corre- spondent of the Times at Teheran, telegraphing to Wednesday's paper,......

In The House Of Commons On Monday Mr. Asquith Answered

the highly important protest against the Budget by a number of London merchants, bankers, and business men. The protest, which was published in the papers of last Saturday, was......

The Postal Strike In France Has Ended In Utter Failure,

and those strikers have practically all returned to work whom the Government were willing to receive back. Some hundreds, however, have been dismissed. M. Clemenceau is to be......

Lord Roberts Followed With A Speech Of Strong Feeling And •

marked pessimism. He confirmed all that the Duke of Bedford had said as to the lamentable want of officers. He was utterly amazed at the Army being treated in both Houses as a......

On Reading This We Are Led To Say, In Lord

Salisbury's formula, "the vision that rises before us" is of some notable pirate like Captain Kidd or Morgan or Jones, who, it will be remembered, are always portrayed in boys'......

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