The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Always Strikes Us As Better
in exposition than in argument, and his reply to Sir Henry Fowler showed no exception to this rule. He persisted that tobaccocould not bear any fresh taxation. It was not a......
Mr. Balfour, Who Wound Up The Discussion, Must Be Ad-
mitted to have made the speech of the debate. A more brilliant piece of public dialectic on an economic subject it would be difficult to find in the history of Parliament. The......
On Tuesday The Debate Chiefly Turned On The Corn - Duty. Sir
Edward Strachey opened the debate, and attacked the duty from the double standpoint that it was Protective in its character, and also that it would injure the farmer by raising......
The Diffic,wities In The Way Of The Purchase Of The
Panama Canal works k y the American Government have all, with one exception, been swept away. The directors of the Canal Company have agreed to the American price, and on April......
The Times Correspondent At Rome Reports That The Papacy Has
once more refused to allow faithful Catholics to vote at Parliamentary elections. The correspondent thinks that this restriction diminishes the strength of the Conservative......
Lord Kelvin, Who Is Paying A Visit To America, Has
been received in New York with the respect due to his character and his scientific attainments. In a speech which he made on the 22nd inst. at a reception given him by the......
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the House of Commons on Monday the Budget Resolu- tions were debated at great length and by many Members. Perhaps the most striking speech was that of Mr. Haldane, who contended......
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