11 DECEMBER 1909, page 3

Mr. Churchill's Speech At Manchester On Monday Contained...

and more argument than we are accustomed to expect from him. Except for the usual peroration against the House of Lords, it was a Free-trade speech with only an incidental......

Even On The Ground Of Tactics It Was Better To

provoke battle than to run away from it; while on Constitutional grounds they claimed to occupy a more reasonable and democratic position than that of the Government. Lord......

Mr. Walter Long, Speaking On Monday At Tring, Complained Of

the tone of Mr. Lloyd George's speech on the previous Friday, which was not "a form of controversy that was worthy of a great Ministry." They had been told that the whole......

On The Unionist Side The Campaign Was Opened Yesterday Week

by Lord Lansdowne at Plymouth. Lord Lansdowne scouted the solicitude of the Ministerialists for the Constitu- tion. They were the same gentlemen who, if given enough scope,......

Sir Edward Grey, Who Spoke At Leith Last Saturday, Said

they were in for the greatest fight that the country bad known for many a generation. Coming to the claims of the House of Lords, Sir Edward Grey contended that their inter-......

Among The Many Shipping Disasters Caused By The Gale At

the end of last week the most terrible was the wreck at the mouth of the Mersey of the mail steamer Ellen Vannin.' It appears that she left Ramsey in the Isle of Man for......

The Times Of Monday Printed An Admirable Letter On "the

Lords and the Country" from Lord MoAeagle. Admitting that he had voted on Constitutional grounds against Lord Lansdowne's amendment while strongly disapproving of the Budget,......

The Weakest Part Of The Position Of Messrs. Cadbury Was

their refusal to restrain the Daily News from fulminating against Chinese labour at a time when their own attitude was so vulnerable. The fact that their own sincerity was......

The Libel Action Brought By Messrs. Cadbury, Of...

the Standard, tried at Birmingham before Mr. Justice Pickford and a special jury, ended, after lasting for seven days, on Monday evening in a verdict of a farthing damages for......

Bank Rate, 4i Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

Dec. 9111. Consols (2i) were on Friday 821—Friday week 83.......