2 APRIL 1904, page 2

On Saturday Last Was Published The Final Report Of The

Esher Committee, together with a covering and explanatory letter addressed to the Prime Minister. We have dealt at length elsewhere with a matter where, in our opinion, the......

Lord Curzon On March 30th Made An Important Speech At

Calcutta to the Legislative Council. He stated positively that he intended to return to India, and recapitulated the great improvements which had been made in India in finance,......

Before We Leave The Report We Will Quote Verbatim The

Committee's summary of the machinery created by them. "The. Defence Committee, assisted by a small Secretariat, will deal with questions of National Defence, and will foresee......

Parliament Adjourned On Tuesday For The Easter Holidays,...

to last till April 12th. Before doing so the Aliens Bill was introduced by Mr. Akers-Douglas. The Govern- ment, he explained, did not want to throw unnecessary obstacles in the......

It Is Now Almost Certain That The " Reforms "

promised in Macedonia must fail. Their evocation depends entirely upon the ascendency of the new gendarmerie under the Italian General de Giorgio, and that ascendency in its......

The Anti-bond Party At The Cape Have Practically Carried An

Additional Representation Bill, under which they will have a clear majority in the Legislature. The Bill is acknowledged to be a just one, the Dutch having hitherto, like our......

The New,scotch Education Bill Which The Secretary For...

introduced in the Commons on Monday night met with a chorus of approval from -both sides of the House. There is nothing startlingly novel in the Bill, which applies to Scotland,......