22 MAY 1909, page 2

The Discussion Of The Budget Resolutions In The Commons Has

been proceeding throughout the week, but without much result, and there are already signs of flagging interest. The interest was, however, somewhat revived on Thursday night......

We Have Dealt Elsewhere With The Genius Of Mr. Meredith,

the distinguished novelist and poet, who died at his house in Surrey early on Tuesday morning. There has been during the week a loud expression of public opinion that the......

Captain Bacon's Letters—which Were Written Three Years...

a somewhat stormy scene in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Mr. McKenna made it clear that Captain Bacon had no notion when he wrote these letters that they would be printed......

We Must Not Forget That The Space At The Disposal

of the Dean is very limited, and that each fresh burial in the Abbey makes the difficulty of conferring this signal honour greater than before. We doubt if there is room in the......

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......

Mr. Asquith Asked In What Way Other Than That Proposed

in the Budget the wealth represented by the signatories of the protest could be called upon to contribute its proper share to the national expenditure. In Prance, under the......

We Have Refrained Hitherto From Commenting On The Recent...

of the letter written by Captain Bacon, R.N., reflecting on officers of superior rank, and printed privately by the Admiralty for the instruction of the Board. But we felt that......