4 JULY 1908, page 9

In The French _chamber Of Deputies On Monday The Socialists

opposed the grant of £16,000 for M. Fallieres's visit to Russia. M. Valliant, who was their spokesman, used language of the utmost violence in speaking of the Czar. M. Brisson,......

M. Scbollaert, 'the Belgian Prime Minister, Concluded On...

discourse,in the Chamber on the Congo. The territories of that State censtituted, he declared, "a source of wealth which surpasses the imagination." M. Schollaert went on to......

On Friday Week In The House Of Commons There Was

a debate on the Report stage of the Bill to repeal the law which forbids tobacco-growing in Scotland. The Bill had passed the Standing Committee without amendment. Sir F.......

News Of The Week.

W E have dealt elsewhere with the Persian crisis, and will only say here that the latest telegrams state that the Shah is for the present pursuing his policy with apparent......

While Noting These Facts, We Desire To Point Out That

a good deal of the pessimism prevailing about the state of India just now is both unworthy and unnecessary. No doubt individual members of the Civil Service are exposed to a......

During The Week The French Chamber Has Been Busy Dis-

cussing the Income-tax Bill. One of the clauses in the measure at which the Chamber " shied " was, the proposal to force business people to show their books in declaring their......

The News Of The Unrest In India Has No New

features. The editor of the Hind Swarajya, a Bombay paper, has been sentenced to two years' and one year's imprisonment for publishing two seditious articles, the sentences to......

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