31 MARCH 1917, page 2

At The Same Time, We Fully Recognise-that-the -americans...

a considerable force of armed men in . the country to meet the risk—though we think it is a very remote one—of internal troubles, and, much more, to prevent raidings by brigand......

The House Of Lords Debate Was On Similar Lines To

that in the Commons. The Lord Chancellor (Lord Finlay), who wound up the debate, drew a very grim but a perfectly fair moral. It was only through the. action of the House of......

It Is With Deep Indignation That We Record One Of

the very worst outrages of the war, the sinking of the British hospital ship ' Asturias,' a vessel formerly belonging to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, on the night of......

The German Excuse Will No Doubt Be That Given Last

January. Our enemies then declared, though of course quite falsely, that our hospital ships were used for the transport of munitions and troops. We may add that under the Hague......

The Blockade Was Debated In Both Houses Of Parliament On

Tuesday. In the Commons the attack on the Government's policy was led by Mr. Hewins. We were not doing enough, he declared, to cheek the activities of our enemies in the Nether-......

The Total Want Of " The Sympathy Of Comprehension "

shown by the Liberal Home Rule Press in regard to North-East. Ulster is well illustrated by a paragraph headed " Colonials and Ireland " to be found in Wednesday's Westminster......

The News From America Is From Many Points Of View

perplexing, but the general conclusion seems to be that at the moment public opinion as a whole has got well ahead of the President, or at any rate of the President's actions.......

However, Comments Of This Sort Are Perhaps Better...

American Government are masters of their own actions, and U. is not for us to advise them when and how they should move. H they prefer the gradual development of a state of......

The Committee Appointed Last August To Consider Methods...

the home production of food " in the interest of national security " issued their Report at the end of last week. Lord Selborne was Chairman, and the Committee included Captain......

The Only New Recommendation Of Importance Is That The Coin.

pulsion which was broadly hinted at in the Minority Report should be made real. The Committee advise that panels of assessors should be formed with power to supersede owners of......