24 MARCH 1917, page 2

In The House Of Commons On Monday Mr. Boner Law

made a statement as to national expenditure. The total payments for all services (war and peace) between February 11th and March 31st were estimated to work out at an average of......

As We Have Written In A Leading Article About The

most interesting and promising situation on the Western front, wo will say no more on the subject here. There is little fresh BOWS from Me-cFo tam ia, but that little is good.......

The Thing Which It Would Most Interest Us To Know

was not touched on by Mr. Churchill. He failed to tell us what was meant by the words of the War Council, which presumably he bed a hand in drafting, or which at any rate he......

" To Suppose," He Goes On, "that These Experts Were

tongue- tied or paralysed by a nervous regard for the possible opinion of their political superiors is to suppose that they had really abdicated the functions which they were......

Mr. Asquith Nest Insisted -that No - Blame Attached To...

nob having called the War Council together between March 9th and May 14th, 1915. He complained that, in spite of the censure passed upon him by the words of the Report, he was......

Very Full And Very Convincing Was Mr. Asquith's Defence Of

Lord Kitchener, who, he declares, was by no means " the solitary and taciturn autocrat " represented by the Commissioners. (4n this point Mr. Asquith let us into en important......

Tho Return Of Losses From Submarines Issued On Thursday...

that both the sailings and arrivals were considerably more than in the previous week. The arrivals rose from 1,986 th 2,528 and the tailings from 1,959 to 2,554. The number of......

The Imperial War Conference Met For The First Time On

Wednesday under the chairmanship of Mr. Walter Long. The Conference is to discuss and vote on matters which are not immediately dealt with by the War Cabinet. India is......

Mr. Asquith's Account Of The Organization And Action Of The

War Council was most interesting, and clears up a good many obscure points. Specially powerful was his treatment of the experts problem. In our opinion, it very largely disposes......

In The House Of Commons On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Made

his statement on the Dardanelles Report. He began by a dignified protest against the publication of the Report without the evidence on which it was based, as being likely to......

Mr.thurchilrs Defence Of Himself Was In Regard To Certain...

exceedingly able and sometimes very witty—for example, when he declared that the principle which the Commission laid down about experts was that " you must always overrule an......

Mr. Asquith Ended A Speech Marked By Dignity, And, What

is better, by sincerity, and by anxiety that in defending himself he should not injure his country's interests, with a striking peroration, which we may sum up by quoting the......