23 FEBRUARY 1901, page 2

Mr. Chamberlain's Contribution To The Debate Was An Able...

speech, but we could wish that he had paid less atten- tion to his opponents and more to the main question. How- ever, the, net result of the speech was satisfactory enough. He......

On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Continued The Debate In A Speech

which deserves high praise for its manliness and courage, Mr. Asquith did not want, and quite rightly, for no patriotic man can wish any further ruptures in the Opposition, to......

In The House Of Commons Ever Since Friday Week The

debate on the Address has dragged its dull, slow length along. On Monday, after the supplementary questions episode, dealt with by us elsewhere, had be 'dispolied of, by -a......

Mr. Brodrick's Contribution To The Debate Was Good Both In

form and substance. He declared that the Government had not been tardy in meeting Lord Kitchener's demands. As soon as he asked for more mounted men the Government took steps to......

On Tuesday And Wednesday The Temperance Question Vras...

great length, and the Government were urged to deal with the matter. Mr; Ritchie, who spoke for the Government, repudiated the notion that the Bill to stop drunkenness promiped......

Sir Robert Reid, Who Was The Next Speaker, Urged That

we should offer very favourable terms to the Boers in the field, and not make martyrs of them. We may add that Sir Robert Reid during Mr. Chamberlain's speech interjected a......

Mr. Brodrick Ended His Speech By Declaring That He Was

alive to the defects of the Army Medical Department, and that he means to remedy them. He believed that they might found, on the recommendations of the Commission and on other......