26 APRIL 1913, page 19

Sir John French, The Chief Of The General Staff, At

the dinner of the London Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, used the following words :— " I really do not know what is going to happen at the coin'. mencement of a war in the way......

In The Marconi Committee On Wednesday Major Archer- Shee...

evidence which not only completely exonerated him from the charge of having opposed the Marconi contract because he was financially interested in a rival company, but showed how......

Mr. John Burns Said The Bill Was Vitiated By Two

cardinal defects—the system of grants and doles to land- owners and farmers, and the grant of a million to local authorities. The urban grant was unfair and unnecessary, because......

On Monday The Lords Continued The Army Debate Which Was

begun on the previous Thursday. Lord Haldane declared that the Territorials, together with the Special Reserve and the Regulars left behind by the Expeditionary Force, would be......

The Solution Of This Attempt To Meet Us With A

dilemma is obvious. If the whole of the manhood of the nation is trained to arms, we may be quite certain that out of that great reservoir of trained men we shall always be able......

At The Annual Meeting Of The Union Jack Club On

Monday Prince Louis of Battenberg, the First Sea Lord, said that there could be no more foolish or mischievous statement than that the Fleet alone was good enough to keep an......

In The Ensuing Debate The Attitude Of The Ministerialists...

in the main hostile, the view taken being that it was a measure to grant a bounty to landlords. But Mr. Roberts, the Labour member for Norwich, who urged that the problem should......

The Daily Chronicle Of Last Saturday Gives A Report Of

a speech by Mr. E. S. Montagu, Under-Secretary for India containing a most elaborate panegyric of the Insurance Act. The passage concludes as follows : "That was the result of......

The Second Reading Of The Housing Of The Working Classes

Bill was moved by Sir R. Baker in the Commons yesterday week. He attributed the aggravation of the housing difficulty to the Budget of 1909, which checked building; to Old Age......

Bank Rate,41-per Cent., Changed From 5 Percent. April...

(2k) were on Friday 74—Friday week 75.......