6 JANUARY 1906, page 11

Mr. Chamberlain Addressed Two Crowded Meetings In West...

Tuesday night. It was true, he said, that the Nationalists were harmless as long as the Unionist policy prevailed, but with Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman in power there was every......

On Thursday Mr. Haldane Made An Admirable Speech At The

Cannon Street Hotel on Army policy, and effectually dis- posed of the bogey that the new Government intend to reduce the strength and efficiency of our national forces. " I have......

The Tone Of Complacent And Supercilious Superiority Dis-...

the address also marks Mr. Balfour's preface to his collected speeches and pamphlets on Fiscal Reform, published on Friday. Mr. Balfour acquits the "eminent persons "—including,......

On Tuesday Mr. Augustine Birrell, While Addressing A...

Bristol, dealt with the Education question. One thing was plain—and h had two Bishops on his side—and that was that there must oe popular control in State-supported schools,......

Mr. Balfour, Who Spoke At A Meeting At Leamington On

Monday night, devoted the greater part of his speech to a defence of Chinese labour. If they were to carry out the " in- sane policy" of ejecting the Chinese insincerely......

We Note With Great Regret That On Thursday Night Mr.

Chamberlain, who was speaking at Derby, was so much in- terrupted by a gang of roughs that he was practically unable to obtain a bearing. The excuses that have been made—......

While Mr. Haldane Was Laying The Bogey That A Free-trade

Government would neglect the duty of national defence, Me. Asquith was with equal success disposing at Sheffield of the equally ridiculous bogey of Home-rule. "He had only to......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols (24 per cent.) were on Friday 89i.......