7 SEPTEMBER 1918, page 3

It Is Good News That A Further Step Has Been

taken to release the administration of war pensions from party influences. Sir C. A. Montague Barlow and others wrote recently to all members of the House of Commons, asking......

It Is Not Too Much To Hope That The Spectacle

of such leadership as this with its confused thought and muddled morals will not escape the attention and the censure of the many hundreds of thousands of patient sheep who have......

On Wednesday The Trades Union Congress Adopted A...

the enemy Socialists to define their war aims, and urging the Government " to initiate peace negotiations immediately the enemy, either voluntarily or by compulsion, evacuates......

The Policy Of " Down Glasses ! " During The

war was adopted on Thursday week by the United States Senate and will, it is thought, be confirmed by the House of Representatives. The manufacture of spirits has already been......

The Fiftieth Trades Union Congress, Which Met At Derby On

Monday, began its business by sending its hearty congratulations to the Navy, Army and Air Force on their magnificent courage and devotion. There spoke the true voice of Labour.......

One Cannot Leave The Subject Of The Trade Union Congress

with- out reflecting upon the astonishing variety of tendencies which it represented. To begin with, we have Mr. Ogden advocating his universal organisation of trade unions for......

It Would Seem, However, That The Late Commissioner Is Not

responsible for the grave lapse of discipline in the force under his command. We infer this, apart from our own strong con- viction that he has been an excellent Commissioner,......

A Writer In The Northern Whig Describes The Experiments...

have been conducted by Mr. S. C. Davidson, the well-known inventor and manufacturer, in the use of peat as domestic fuel. Weight for weight, peat has 50 per cent. of the......

Another Contrast Was Afforded By The Flat Refusal Of That

well- known pacificist, Mr. Smile, to resort to " peace by negotiation " when his own interests were at stake. Evidently he really knows the disadvantages of " peace by......

The Plain Man Will Find This New Instance Of The.

Prime Minister's versatile diplomacy somewhat puzzling. The police would not have struck in a body if they had not been exasperated by what they regarded as official......

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

Apri15, 1917.......