6 FEBRUARY 1904, page 2

On Tuesday Evening The Attorney-general, In Reply To A...

defended his attitude towards the Whitaker Wright prosecution in a very able and straightforward speech. The decision' not to prosecute was not, he said, the decision of the......

The Debate On The Address Was Resumed On Wednesday By

Mr. John Redmond in a long and vehement speech. Starting from the statement that English government was too rotten to be amended, Mr. Redmond declared that his chief desire was......

Sir Henry Campbell-bannerman Followed The Mover And...

Address in the Commons in one of the most animated speeches he has ever made. The burden of it was a demand for more light on the aims of the Somaliland and Tibet Expeditions,......

On Thursday Mr. Robson Moved The Opposition "war...

in an able but somewhat inflam- matory speech. The chief points of his indictment were that the Prime Minister and his colleagues had ignored the advice the warning of......

In Mr. Balfour's Absence, The Cause Of Which Gave Rise

to general sympathy and regret, the responsibilities of leadership were shared between Mr. Akers-Douglas and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who replied to Sir Henry......

Perhaps The Most Interesting Speech On The First Night Of

the meeting of Parliament was that made by Lord Lane- Aowne. He, at least, gave us some information. As regards fiscal reform, he intimated that the Government" sympathised"......

Passing To More Domestic Subjects, His Majesty Welcomes...

passed in Australia and New Zealand under which they assume a larger share in measures of Imperial defence ; observes that the "Political Mission" to Tibet has the concurrence......