27 FEBRUARY 1915, page 2

In The Commons On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Stated That The

Government were examining the position of the Welsh Church Bill. Points submitted to them were being con- sidered, and there was some prospect of an agreement. Mr. Chamberlain......

Last Sunday Night A German Aeroplane Visited Essex And...

bombs at Colchester, Coggeshall, and Braintree. No one saw the aeroplane, though it was beard at many places. The principal damage was done in Hutt Road, Colchester, where part......

Later In The Sitting Mr. William Young Returned To The

subject of Mr. Montague Meyer's timber purchases for the War Office. After Mr. Harold Baker had expressed the cont. plete satisfaction of the War Office with their bargain and......

Things Being As They Are, We Are Anxious That The

War Office and the Government should not be deflected from their work of beating the Germans into financial side-issues, how- ever important. These bad better wait till the war......

In The Commons On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Said That The

Allied Governments were still considering what action it would be proper to take against the German policy of destroying Allied and neutral vessels without warning. A Note from......

Sir Edward Grey's Reply To The American Requests For In-

formation about the seizure of the ' Wilhelmina.' and the use of the American flag by the Lusitania' wan published in the papers of last Saturday. He refers to the German......

The Foreign Office Issued At The End Of Lust Week

the text of letters which were exchanged between M. Poincare and the King on the eve of war. M. Poineare's letter, dated July 31st, was an appeal to the King to make it clear at......

Mr. Beck, In Defending The Government, Declared That The...

of Works admitted that the sums paid to Mr. Meyer were large, but that " the sums saved to the country by Mr. Meye•'s services were infinitely larger." That, of course, is the......

In Parliament On Thursday Sir Harry - Verney, Speaking...

Board of Agriculture, explained the view of the Govern- ment in regard to the deficiency of labour on farms. The work, he admitted, must be done somehow, but all other......