23 MARCH 1912, page 2

The Text Of The Bill "to Provide A Minimum, Wage

in the case of workmen employed underground in Coal Mines, and for purposes incidental thereto " was issued on Tuesday night. It consists of six clauses and a schedule. The......

Mr. Asquith, In His Reply To Mr. Balfour, Naturally Made

a strong point of the fact that Mr. Balfour put forward no alternative proposal. The Prime Minister, we are glad to see, made it clear, however, that in the last resort the......

Mr, Winston Churchill, Who Made His Statement On The Navy

Estimates on Monday, discussed the naval situation vis-d-vis with Germany, prefacing his remarks with the observation that nothing was to be gained by using indirect modes of......

Mr. Heir Hardie And Mr. Ramsay Macdonald Entered Pro- Tests

against the expenditure on the Navy, but Mr. Leach, the Radical member for the Colne Valley, declared that, although a man of peace, he was "almost completely won over by the......

The Third Clause Determines The Conditions In Which The...

rate of a district may be altered. The fourth provides for the Act being brought into operation without delay. The fifth is interpretative. The sixth contains the short title,......

The Duty Of The State In The Present Crisis Was

so well ex- pressed by Lord Haldane in his speech at the Fishmongers' dinner on Thursday night that we must find space to quote it verbatim :— " There is another duty, besides......

If That Law Were Adhered To, In The Absence Of

unexpected developments by other countries, this ratio of sixteen to ten would continue to be a convenient guide for the next few years. But as the pre-Dreadnoughts declined in......

In View Of The Increases Which Were In Progress The

Admiralty bad resolved to recast completely the organization and distribution of the Fleet with a view to strengthening the naval force in home waters immediately available for......

On Tuesday Night Mr. Tom Mann Was Arrested At His

house in Wimbledon, and on Wednesday conveyed to Salford, where he was charged on Thursday before the magistrate under the Incitement to Mutiny Act of 1797. The charge was in......