On Wednesday In The House Of Commons Mr. Brace Moved
the Labour Party amendment regretting the absence of any proposal to nationalize the coal-mines on the lines recommended by the Sankey Commission. Mr. Brace declared that the......
Lord Curzon, Speaking In The Debate On The Address In
the House of Lords, dwelt on the gravity and complexity of the situation in the East. The delay in concluding peace with Turkey had cost us dear, but it was entirely due to our......
In Regard To Ireland, The Prime Minister Vainly Invited Mr.
Adamson to say whether he would give the Sinn Feiners .a Republic. whether he would coerce Ulster, and whether he would withdraw all troops from Ireland and let the gangs of......
To Sum Up These General Remarks (xi The Opening Of
Parlia- ment, we cannot help exclaiming : " If words were deeds. What a glorious country this would be with such a Prime Minister ! " But, alas ! the political rainbow, the most......
Mr. Adamson, Who Has Been Re-elected Chairman Of The Labour
Party in the House, devoted his speech on the Address mainly to Russia, " profiteering," Ireland, and coaL A week's tour in Ireland had taught him, he said, that the proposed......
Mr. Lloyd George Began An Extremely Clever Speech By...
the Independent Liberals that they had little reason to boast about by-election successes. Our domestic troubles were the natural outcome of a long war, and could not be removed......
We Must Now Give A Brief Summary Of The Events
of Tuesday and Wednesday in Parliament in their proper order. The King's Speech expressed a hope that peace would soon be concluded with Hungary and Turkey and that the Adriatic......
Such A Speech As This •gave Mr. Lloyd George A
very easy opening, which he fully used. He declared that though Mr. Brace professed to dislike bureaucracy, State control of the mines would mean bureaucracy and nothing else.......
The King's Speech Also Promised Measures Dealing With The...
of drink, with the encouragement of agriculture so as to increase the production of essential foodstuffs at home, and with fishing. There would be a Bill regulating the Regular......
As For Russia, Mr. Lloyd George Asked The House To
face the facts. Bolshevism, whose horrors had revolted the conscience of mankind, was not democracy, but the rule of a privileged minority. Yet it could not be crushed by force......
Mr. Lunn, A Yorkshire Miner, Was Far Less Temperate Than
Mr. Brace. He brazenly threatened the Government and the country. The Conference to be held in a few days, he said, might decide for a great national strike. Personally he did......