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The " Dry " Forces In The .ameriean Congress Have

received another blow, On Wednesday, August 24th, the Senate refused to consider further the Campbell-Willis Prohibition Enforcement Bill and voted a thirty days' recess. The......

The Details Of The Scottish Census Were Published On...

Of the total population of 4,882,288, it was found that 1,034,069 were living in the city of Glasgow, and 1,539,307 in the county of Lanark Edinburgh had a population of 420,281......

The Papers Of Tuesday Published An " Interim Report "

from Sir Herbert Samuel on his administration in Palestine. Funds, it appears, are not available for a rapid expansion of the Zionist movement. It is a relief to know this,......

The International Relief Commission Met In Paris On...

devise means of assisting the famine-stricken Russians. American food supplies, amounting to •8,000 tons, had already reached Petrograd, through the efforts of Mr. Hoover's......

No Doubt Sir Herbert Samuel Writes Truly When He Describes

the excellent settlements of the Jews in Palestine with their pleasant villages and their skilful cultivation and when he -contrasts these amenities with the primitive......

The World's Work For September Prints Some Profoundly...

written by its founder, the late Mr. Walter Hines Page, when he was Ambassador in London before the war. Many American diplomatists, like John Hay and John and Henry Adams, have......

The Final Draft Of The Mandate For Mesopotamia, Which Was

issued on Monday, provides that the organic law or constitution is to be submitted for approval to the Council of the League of Nations. The Arab Government are to be entrusted......

The Cricket Beason Came To An End With Two Matches

which will live long in cricket history. After it had seemed that Surrey were well on the way to beat Middlesex in the final for the County Championship, Middlesex unexpectedly......

The Presence Of The Palestine Arab Delegation In London Is

only one proof of the seriousness of the situation as we have described it. This delegation has received a telegram from Jerusalem from the Executive Committee of the Palestine......

General Nicholson, Standing As A Constitutional...

" Anti-Waste " programme, won the by-election in the Abbey Division of Westminster on Thursday, August 25th. He polled 6,204 votes, defeating Colonel _ Applin, of the Anti-Waste......

Bank Rate, 5i Per Cent., Changed From, 6 , Per Cent. July

21, 1821 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 88i ; Thursday week, 88i ; a year ago, 841.......