26 JANUARY 1918, page 3

Lord Rhondda Has Made A Drastic New Order, Severely...

the consumption of meat, sugar, bread, and butter or margarine in all hotels and boarding-houses, restaurants and clubs, throughout the kingdom. There are to be two meatless......

The Man-power Bill Passed Through Committee In The Rouse Of

Commons on Monday. Objections were raised by Mr. Samuel and others to the power given to the Director-General of National Service to withdraw exemptions. Sir Auckland Geddes......

The Archbishop Of Canterbury Has Published A Letter To Dr.

Henson, the new Bishop of Hereford, expressing the belief that " when you repeat the words of the Creed you do so ex animo and without any desire to change them," with Dr.......

" In. Matters Of Commerce- The Fault Of The-dutch, Is

offering• too aalriag too much." Canning's rhymes are recalled by the moaning effrontery of the Dutch claim upon us for damage done to two Dutch ships by German submarines. The......

We Have To Thank A Correspondent For Calling Our Attention,

in connexion with the Hereford controversy, to a remark by Sir Mountatuart Grant Duff which we recorded in a review of Notea from a Diary in the Spectator of April 29th, 1905.......

The House Of Lords On Tuesday Decided By A Majority

of 132 votes to 42 to insert a complete scheme of Proportional Represen- tation in the Franchise BilL Lord Curzon, as in the case of the proposal to omit Woman Suffrage, blessed......

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

April 5, 1917.......

Sir Arthur And Lady Lee's Gift Of Chequers To The

nation has now been followed by the gift of Dryburgh Abbey by Lord Glenconner. The public spirit of the givers is beyond praise, and will, we are sure, stimulate other wealthy......

Me Lloyd George Last Saturday Told The Trade Union Delegates

at Westminster that there were no alternatives to the Government's Man-Power Bill but the raising of the military age or the sending of wounded men again and again to the......

The Labour Party Conference At Nottingham Was Opened On...

with - an excellent speech by Mr. Purdy, a Tyneside ship- builder. The enemy, he said, had shown no sign of his willingness to accept the peace terms formulated by Mr. Lloyd......

The Speaker's Conference On Irish Redistribution Has...

acceptance by the Ulster Unionists and Nationalists of the Boundary Commissioners' scheme with two exceptions. Mr. Red- mond's little borough of Waterford is to retain its......