30 NOVEMBER 1907, page 2

"zollverein." In Monday's Times Contributes An...

present condition of the Unionist Party. The writer points out that Lord Cromer cannot be fairly blamed for identifying Tariff Reform with Protection in view of the resolutions......

At Burnley On Wednesday Mr. Burns Delivered An Admirable And

timely speech on education and employment. As regards employment, the chief difficulty was that England had a larger number of casual workers than there were in either Germany......

There Is Really Something Pitiable In The Spectacle Of A

man of Mr. Birrell's intellectual calibre rebuking Irish Nationalists for being clear-sighted enough not to take the imitation when what they want, rightly or wrongly, is the......

An Incident Which Illustrates Only Too Well The Present...

of Ireland was reported in the Irish daily papers as having occurred on October 16th. Mr. Frederick Pierce, the caretaker of an evicted farm near Crusheen, was shot at about six......

The Paris Correspondent Of The Times In The Issue Of

Wednesday summarises the conclusions of M. Charles Chaumet, the Reporter of the Naval Estimates for 1908. The Report is indeed gloomy reading. The French Navy, which formerly......

We Cannot Congratulate Mr. Birrell Upon The Speeches He Has

been making in Ireland during the past ten days. In one of them, addressed to a great meeting in the Palace Theatre in Belfast on Friday, November 22nd, he essayed to answer......

" Zollverein's " Letter Was Followed On Thursday By A

large- type communication over the signature of "Compatriot," a signature which is understood to be that of a very welbknown Tariff Reformer. There is, " Compatriot" declares, a......

In A Speech, Also At Belfast, Made At An Ulster

Liberal banquet on Saturday last, Mr. Birrell declared that "had his proposals been accepted—they were not meant to be Home-rule .proposals, they had nothing whatever to do with......