8 AUGUST 1908, page 2

During The Week The International Free-trade Congress,...

Cobden Club, has been in session in London. The Congress has been attended by a very large number of prominent European and American Free-traders, and we desire to express the......

The Members Of The Peace Congress Were Entertained At Dinner

at the Hotel Cecil yesterday week by Mr. Harcourt on behalf of the Government, and Mr. Asquith in proposing the toast of the evening, "The International Peace Movement," made a......

We Note With Satisfaction That A Section Of The Socialists

are beginning to awaken to the needs of national defence. Mr. Blatcbford, of the Clarion, writes in the current issue of his paper a most sensible article on "The Danger of......

The Polling In The Haggerston Division Of Shoreditch Took...

on Saturday last, and resulted in the return of Mr. Rupert Guinness, the Unionist candidate, by a majority of 1,143 over the Liberal candidate, Mr. Warren, and of 157 over both......

Lord Roberts, Who Has Been Received By All Classes In

Canada with the greatest affection and sympathy, made an admirable farewell speech when on Wednesday he received the Mayor and City Council of Ottawa and a deputation of over a......

It Is With Great Regret We Record The Death Of

Mr. Lavino, who since the death of M. de Blowitz has been the Times correspondent in Paris. Mr. Lavino was born in Manchester in 1846. He belonged to a Low Countries family, his......

Mr. Winston Churchill And Mr. Asquith—whose Address We...

made excellent Free-trade speeches, but, unfortunately, we have little to be thankful for there. Any man of intelligence and with the oratorical gift can make a good Free-trade......

Among Notable Speeches Made By Non-british Free-traders,...

draw attention to that of Mr. Franklin Pierce, an American. In a striking history of the American tariff he showed how it was in origin a tariff for revenue, but how it had......