24 JULY 1915, page 3

We Do Not Desire To Exaggerate The Meaning Of These

words, but they were certainly not made leas significant by a remark in a later part of the speech. The House, said the Prime Minister, would observe that in the note appended......

After Lord Lanadowne Had Made A Very Sympathetic Reply To

Lord Ribblesdale, and had given the names of the Committee who would inquire into expenditure, he announced that, though the Admiralty and the War Office were not to come within......

The South Wales Coal Strike Came To An End On

Wednesday. By an almost unanimous vote the conference of miners accepted the large concessions offered by the Government and pledged the men to resume work at once. We have......

On Friday Week An Important Meeting Was Held In The

Merchant Taylors' Hall to urge on the nation the need for public and private economy. In a resolution in this sense, which was carried unanimously, it was also demanded that new......

In The Reply In Which He Wound Up The Debate

the Prime Minister made a statement in regard to the transmission of cotton from the United States to Europe for destinations in many cases hostile to ourselves:— " I can assure......

Excellent Was Lord Cromer's Dissertation On The Theme...

and economy go together, and not efficiency and profusion :— " He did not mean to say that any economy should be effected which would impair the capacity of this country to......

Last Saturday Tens Of Thousand Of Women Paraded Through The

streets of London to express their readiness to serve the nation. The procession included a pageant of the Allies, the most remarkable figure in which was perhaps the lady who......

In This Matter We Are In Entire Agreement With Lord

Cromer. We cannot get on without recourse to indirect taxation. But if we are to have indirect taxation, it will be much safer and much more profitable to have a sort of......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

Aug. 8th.......

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Lord Ribblesdale Initiated

an interesting debate on the Government and public expenditure, in the course of which he reminded the House of the grave warning given by Lord Cromer in 1908 when he said, on......