13 MAY 1911, page 3

Lord Curzon, Who Spoke, Also Made A Spirited Defence Of

Lord Lansdowne's Bill. We regret to say, however, that he described as an absurd misconception the notion that it might be possible to have some form of compromise by which the......

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As The Writer Goes On To Observe, Mr. Asquith Apparently

prefers a system which would have placed the electors in a dilemma. They must either turn out the Government and replace it by one they disliked, or allow it complete liberty to......

The Prime Minister's Misapprehension Of The Meaning Of...

Government's defeat by the Referendum in Australia is concisely and completely exposed in the letter from "An Australian in London" in Tuesday's Times :— " That Government came......

In This Context We May Also Note Lord Courtney's Letter

on " The National Will and Representation " in Monday's Times. He also deals with Mr. Asquith's misreading of the Australian analogy, and challenges his assumption that the......

Mr. Charles F. Adams, Great-grandson Of Washington's...

successor in the Presidency, grandson of the second Adams President, son of a dis- tinguished diplomatist, and himself a writer of well-proved ability, sends a striking letter......

It Is Clear That Mr. Balfour Not Only Thoroughly Under-

stands the nature of the Referendum and the arguments by which it should be supported, but has come to believe, as we do, that it is through the Referendum that the Unionist......

An Australian Correspondent Reminds Us In The Times Of...

that the proposal to establish an Imperial Court of Appeal will come again before the Imperial Conference this year. The Australian Government will submit "that it is desirable......

What Is Wanted In The Present Situation On The Part

of the House of Lords is clear sight, patience, and judgment. These are qualities which belong in a high degree to Lord Lansdowne, and we sincerely hope that they will be given......

We Greatly Regret To Have To Record A Terrible Disaster

at Edinburgh, resulting in the loss of nine lives by fire at the Empire Theatre, on Tuesday night. The fire broke out during the last " turn," an elaborate spectacular sketch,......