6 OCTOBER 1917, page 3

At The Funeral Of Thomas Asks Many Of The Rules

which the Government themsels'es had made were allowed to be broken. The rebels—so they call themselves, and so they may be permitted the name—were allowed to parade ; they were......

Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz, Freed Against His Will From The

cares of office, is now working hard to organize a new German party of what may be called super-Jingoes. He said last week that "it is not wrong but right that has been done to......

Those Who Believed Strongly That Something Would Come Of The

Irish Convention, and were congratulating themselves on the atmosphere of accommodation which was said to have been produced in Ireland, have received a shock during the week......

Sir Arthur Leo Has Been Happily And Generously Inspired In

presenting Chequers Court to the nation as a country home for the Primo Minister, The beautiful old Tudor house which nestles under the Chilterns is famous for its historical......

The Descriptions Of Mr. De Velcro's Reviews Of His Troops

remind us of the scenes when Daniel O'Connell was at the height of his power in Ireland and was demanding with throats of force the Repeal of the Union. Like O'Connell, Mr. de......

Sir Arthur Leo, Unlike Many Donors, Has Remembered That A

great house means considerable expenditure. He has therefore given a trust fund yielding £2,203 a year, which, together with the profits from the surrounding farms and woods,......

The Conservative Ministry In Sweden Has Resigned, In...

its defeat in the recent General Election_ The Conservatives lost twenty-eight seats and now number only fifty-eight in a House of two hundred and thirty members. There are......

How Bankrupt Turkey Has Contrived To Finance The War Is

a problem on which the Manthester Guardian, throws some light. Djavid Bey, the Finance Minister, has stated that Turkey's revenue for this year will be 21,033,000 Turkish......

Baron Von Kithlreann In A Speech To The Reichstag Committee

on Friday week declared that the German Government and the, representatives of the German people were entirely agreed in regard to foreign poliey. He spoke as if the summoning......

The Trams's Aurnal Of Last Saturday Published A Letter From

the Bishop of Eillalee wKeh makes one reflect wonderingly on the nature of the Censorship in Ireland :— " It is horrible," writes the Bishop, " that the country has to stand......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 51 Per Cent.april

5th........