28 MARCH 1914, page 8

The Coming Budget.

RE is less than a week to the close of the financial ril ear, and it is worth while to try to forecast the situation with which Mr. Lloyd George will have to deal in his coming......

The Situation In France.

T HE alleged issue between the Army and the democracy in the United Kingdom is used as a political con- venience, and, like most political conveniences, is unreal ; but we fear......