30 JUNE 1917, page 3

The Result Of The By-election At Liverpool Will Not Be

known till we have gone to press, but we may say a word here as to the general issue for which the independent candidate, Mr. Hughes, stands. We believe that many of the......

But While We Are Anxiously Awaiting The Event, We Feel

it our duty to say one thing. No matter what the expectations of a politi- cal arrangement may be, there can never be any justification for the failure of a Government to......

In A Debate In The Lords On Tuesday On Air

raid• warnings and reprisals,. Lord Derby, replying for the Government, said that they were doing all they could to meet Lord French's demands for aircraft. They could not,......

The Return To Cork On Saturday Last Of A Number

of released Shut Feiners has led to serious rioting. On Sunday a crowd of sympathizers smashed alt the windows in the county gaol, seizedthe Sinn Fein Drill Hall, which had been......

We Have Refrained From Any, Comment Of Late On The

state of affairs in Ireland, stud on the prospects of the Convention, for what seems to us a sufficient reason. We have always held that the Union is- the instrument of......

In The House Of Commons On Friday Week Mr. Asquith

supported a demand for inquiry into the working of the Military Service Act under which discharged or rejected men are called up for re-examina- tion. In face of much......

War Is War, And There Are Inevitable Consequences. After...

the suffering and inconvenience in this country have been almost trifling compared with those of other nations. What the working man cannot abide is to be bought off with the......

Representatives Of The British And German Departments...

prisoners of war have met at the Hague—the first direct meeting between belligerent officials. The British repres sentatives are Lord Newton, Sir Robert• Younger, and General......

Such Complaints May Be Very Serious Even If...

of a deep and menacing unrest. And we believe that in this case they are. However the election may go, we are certain that the Government will do well to remember that the......

The House Of Commons Discussed On Monday An Amendment To

the Reform Bill, proposing to enfranchise every soldier or sailor who had seen active service and had reached the age of nineteen— the official minimum age for enlistment. The......

It Was For The Military Authorities To Decide What Was

the best way of hitting back, and the Government had given them an absolutely free hand to use their air machines in whatever way they thought best to' secure military success.......

The King Has Instituted Two New Orders, To Be Awarded

for war services of all kinds to British and Allied subjects, whether men or women. The Order of the British Empire, the first of these, is an Order of Knighthood, arranged in......

Hank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 51 Per Cent.

April 5th.......