6 FEBRUARY 1904, page 3

We Have Discussed The General Question Involved In This...

elsewhere, but must note here that the Committee desire to add to the Defence Committee now existing a permanent Department which shall inform the Premier, upon whose general......

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......

The Result Of The Polling In The Ayr Burghs Was

declared on Saturday evening last, when Mr. Dobbie, the Liberal and Free-trade candidate, was returned by a majority of 44 over Mr. Younger, the Unionist and Balfourite. Between......

We Have Endeavoured Elsewhere To Give A Broad View Of

the general situation, which suggests to us a weak Premier, a weak Government, and a weak dominant party. None of the speeches yet made are important, though Lord Lansdowne's is......

The Government Has Decided On A Very Large Measure Of

Army reform. The Report of the Committee for the Recon- stitution of the War Office was published on Monday, together with an authorised announcement that the Govern- ment had......

Liberal Unionism As Now Defined By Mr. Chamberlain Means...

to Home-rule plus the support of the Balfourite or the Cha.mberlainite fiscal policy. A Liberal Unionist may advocate the one or the other, but he is at least committed. to Mr.......

The Official Cormspondence Between Mr. Lyttelton And The...

Cape Colony on the subject of Asiatic labour for South Africa was published on Tuesday. Sir W. Hely- Hutchinson had, early in January, informed Mr. Lyttelton that the Prime......

The Meeting Of The Liberal Unionist Council Convened By Mr.

Chamberlain was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, and attended by eighty-six members out of a total number of a hundred and twenty-three, the......

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