3 APRIL 1909, page 2

An Interesting Debate On Retaliation Was Opened On...

Captain Craig, who moved a Resolution committing the House to approval of the view that fiscal retaliation can only be effectively applied upon the basis of a general tariff.......

During The Past Week The Newspapers Have Published Many...

in regard to the possibility of New South Wales and Victoria in conjunction offering a 'Dreadnought' to the Empire. It would seem, however, that such reports are at any rate......

In The Commons On Friday Week Mr. Hills, The Tariff

Reform Member for Durham City, moved the second reading of his unofficial Sweated Industries Bill. The Bill varies the provisions of the Government Bill by rendering the Wages......

There Is One Point In Regard To New Zealand's Offer

as to which it is well there should be no misunderstanding. The British people are clearly determined that New Zealand's gift shall be treated purely as a gift of a battleship......

A Lecture On "the Minimum Wage And Sweating" Wa Delivered

by Mr. T. Mackay at a meeting of the British Constitution Associatidh on Monday. Dealing with Mr. Churchill's Bill, Mr. Mackay maintained that the minimum wage would tend to......

The Peking Correspondent Of The Times Announces In...

that Japan has refused to accept the Chinese proposal that the outstanding questions between the two countries in Manchuria should be submitted to the Hague Tribunal. He says......

On Friday Week In The French Chamber A Committee Of

thirty-three members was elected to act as a Parliamentary Commission Of Inquiry into the state of the Navy. M. De10,11486 was chosen as President and Admiral Bienaime as one of......

It Was Evident From Sir Edward Grey's Speech That It

is the firm intention of the Government to build the four extra Dreadnoughts.' The hypothetical condition is merely a matter of form. Of the Government's wisdom in adopting this......

In The House Of Commons On Monday Mr. Arthur Lee

moved the vote of censure on the Government which had originally stood in the name of Mr. Balfour. The Resolution declared that the shipbuilding programme of the Government did......