5 AUGUST 1911, page 2

Turkey Is Also Claiming Sovereignty Over The Head Waters Of

the Gulf. For more than fifty years Great Britain has lighted and buoyed the bar across the mouth of the Shatt-nl-Arab- the British India Company did it till last whiter, when......

Apart From These Considerations We Are By No Means Satisfied

that the Chamberlain-Smithite section of the Unionists will be in the least placated by Mr. Balfour's action. If it had been arranged with them that they should in the course of......

On Wednesday A Very Considerable Sensation Was Caused By The

announcement by Mr. Balfour that he would move a Vote of Censure on the Government, a - Vote which it has been arranged shall take place on Monday. Mr. Balfour also gave notice......

The Special Correspondent Of The Times, Who Is Writing...

on "British Interests in the Persian Gulf," describes in Tuesday's paper serious and ominous aggressions by Turkey. Certain territory of the Sheikh of Koweyt has been occupied......

The British And Russian Legations At Teheran Have...

identical Note to the Persian Government announcing that their Governments recognize that the ex-Shah is no longer entitled to his pension. Further it is stated that the two......

We Have Dealt With The Morocco Crisis Elsewhere. All It

is advisable to say here is that on Friday the situation, though still very grave, showed some signs of amelioration. The secret of the conversations is well kept, and the......

In The House Of Commons On Monday The Insurance Bill

was again discussed in Committee, the twelfth clause being considered. One of the provisions of this clause is to the effect that if an insured person is in a hospital no......

The Turkish Government Has Promised To Grant Virtually...

twelve demands put forward by the Malissori in Albania. According to the papers of Friday the promise has been accepted. The Malissori were reluctant to trust the Turks, but......

After All Commonsense Is To Prevail Even In The Conduct

of the Insurance Bill. The Government have decided that they will not proceed further with the Bill this summer, but that there shall be an autumn session at which its......

The Copyright Bill, As Amended By The Standing Com- Mittee,

came up for consideration in the House of Commons yesterday week. Mr. Booth moved that the Bill should be recommitted to a Select Committee on the ground that it had been......