23 DECEMBER 1916, page 2

Mr. Lloyd George Went On To Declare That His Colleagues

and he tegarded the removal of the misunderstanding with Ireland as a war measure of the first importance. So do we, and so must every sane man in the country. All we desire is......

On Similar Grounds We Even Find Difficulty In Approaching In

a proper spirit of satisfaction a subject advocated long and earnestly by the Spectator. We mean the arraying not only of a portion but of the whole nation for National Service.......

Finally, Mr. Lloyd George• Told His Audience That The...

proposed at . an early date " to summon an Imperial• Conference to place the whole position before the Dominions, to take counsel with them as to what further action they and we......

The New Vote Is To Carry The. Government On To-february

24th. The increase of expenditure over the estimate bathe to munitions and loans to Allies. The total figure, said Mr. Sonar is " colossal but not alarming." He explained that......

We Are Very Glad To Record The Decision Of The

Government to create an- Air Ministry, for we are certain that the Air Eervioe is too big a thing to be attached- permanently .to any other Depart- ment. To each element—the......

Mr. Asquith, Who Followed Mr. Lloyd George, Spoke With...

erble good feeling and dignity. He made no reference to. the circum- stances in which he had retired from office, and immediately made it clear that he did not claim any right......

' Lair. Prothero Went On-to- Say That The-price Of Wheat

!for next year will be fixed at sixty shillings a, quarter. The ;aim. of -oats and potatoes is also to be fixed. This means that the. timid farmer who thinks that somehow. or......

It Must Be Remembered; However, That' By Managing, As They

did in almost every case, to get away from their German pursuers, they forced the pace in a manner which must - have had a damaging effect' upon the German troops. The German......

On Wednesday Night Mr. Prothero, Minister Of Agriculture,...

knowledge, , capacity, and sound sense we place the very greatest reliance, made a statement_aa to his duties and the duties of the nation. Next to munitions, the production of......

This Being So, If The Government Mean Business They Will

take the action,and. make us all take the action, which must. inevitably follow. Prohibition dining the War must be a part of that' con- sequential action. Prohibition therefore......

That The Government Could Hardly Have Made .a Better...

ment that that of Mr. Neville Chamberlain is our personal opinion, and we believe it to be the opinion of all those who know him. He comes from a family in which the obligation......

The .chief Items- Of War News—ite., The Great Victory Of

the French at Verdun, and the outcome of- the Rumanian retreat— are dealt with by us at length- elsewhere. Here we. will only say that the word " glorious " befits the deeds......