25 SEPTEMBER 1909, page 3

A Correspondent Of The Times, Writing In Tuesday's Issue...

the signature " Memor," pointed out an extraordinary coincidence between the farewell speech of Lord Curzon in 1905 and that of Lord Kitchener in 1909, in which whole pas- sages......

The Liberal Whip Has Sent A Letter To Mr. Harold

Cox in reference to the electoral position in Preston, which we are glad to reproduce in. full:—" You may say, and I authorise you to say, that whilst I am always anxious to......

Sir Alfred Pease, Brother Of The Liberal Whip, And Formerly

Liberal Member for the Cleveland Division of Yorkshire, has informed Mr. Herbert Samuel, M.P., that he can no longer support him or the Government. The reasons for his......

The Third Reading Of The Irish Land Bill Was Moved

by Mr. Birrell in the Commons yesterday week. He justified the measure on the ground of the collapse of the financial basis of the Act of 1903, and indicated the new conditions......

Later In His Speech Sir Edward Grey Contrasted The Functions

of newspapers in home and foreign affairs. In the former they engaged in open controversy and contention for victory between themselves on a party footing. In foreign affairs......

Canon Beeching Preached An Admirable Sermon In Lich-...

on Sunday last in connexion with the Johnson bicentenary. Comparing Johnson with the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes, he noted a triple similarity in his gloomy view of the......

......

The Report Of The Commissioners Of Prisons For The Year

ending March 31st, 1909, is by no means reassuring. The most formidable feature in the Report is the apparently unanimous opinion of the local prison authorities throughout the......

The International Conference Of The Press, -which Con-...

sittings on Tuesday, Was marked by two excellent speeches from Mr. Sydney Sexton and Sir Edward Grey. The Postinaster-Genersd, who incidentally observed that no Government in......