27 FEBRUARY 1926, page 5

Mr. Lloyd George Declared That Occupying Owi!-"iship Had...

a Liberal policy since 1905, but as Su John Green pointed out in a letter to the Times of last Saturday, as recently as 1923 the declared Liberal policy was for giving the......

The Conference Of The Liberal Party On Land Reform Has

come and gone, and perhaps the most interesting, certainly the most real, result is that Mr. Hilton Young has followed Sir Alfred Mond. He is a serious loss to the Liberals ; it......

The Report Of The Food Council Was Published Last Saturday.

It is expected that a Bill giving effect to the recommendations will be introduced after Easter. It is recommended that the giving of short weight or measure and oral......

On Monday The Executive Committee Of The General Medical...

decided that it was unnecessary to summon a special meeting to consider the case of Dr. Axham. We share the deep disappointment of most people at this unhappy decision. It had......

This Week For The First Time The Spectator Appears In

a cover. We explained at length last week our reasons for this change—the request of some of our readers for a means of keeping the paper tidier, and our own ambition (towards......

We Publish This Week A Review Of The New Volume

of Queen Victoria's Letters. In this connexion we were glad to see an admirable appreciation of Queen Victoria's character by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Times of......

Every Sensible Person Approves Of Professional Strict-...

this case it has been allowed to run to pedantry and to callous ungraciousness. When humanity is disconsidered the public is not protected, nor is the profes- sional code......

* * * * It Is Excellent News That Part

of Ashridge has been saved for the public. The National Trust is to be heartily congratulated on the success of its appeal. We hope that it may be possible later to secure more......

* * * * We Wonder What- Will Happen Now.

Very likely Mr. ■ Lang will ask the Governor for a fresh and still more swamping nomination. But by that time feeling in New South Wales will have grown even stronger than is......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent, Changed From 4 Per Cent.

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 101 4 ; on Wednesday week 101 1 4 ; a year ago 101 a. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 88 ; on......