The Report Of The Marconi Committee Will Not Be Published
till Friday afternoon, that is, not till after these pages have gone to press. This makes it necessary for us to hold over all criticism till next week. Even a delay in our......
On Saturday Last Mr. Cecil Chesterton Was Convicted At The
Old Bailey of criminally libelling Mr. Godfrey Isaacs, sentenced to a fine of £100, and ordered to pay all the costs of the prosecution. The jury found him guilty on five of the......
Very Possibly The Whole Thing Is Only "a Poisonous De-
lusion," but the way to combat such delusions is not to refuse information or to find technical grounds for preventing inquiry, but to welcome the most ample investigation. A......
It Looks As If The Scandal In Marconis Was To
be followed by another in oil. Our readers may remember our recent article on the subject, followed about three weeks afterwards by the memorable statement in the Times. Since......
In Our Opinion Mr. Chesterton Was Very Lucky To Escape
with so small a fine. He undoubtedly—indeed he admitted it himself—used language in regard to the whole Marconi business which could not in any way be justified by the......
We Do Not Allege For A Moment That Dealings In
Marconi shares, undertaken, of course, before the Committee was appointed, even if proved, would be in the slightest degree dishonourable to members of the Committee, but......
If This Is A True Account, As We Expect It
is, the supporters of the Government on the Committee have, with the exception of the chairman, Sir Albert Spicer, acted on strictly party lines. Liberals will no doubt retort......
As An Example Of Mr. Chesterton's Foolish Recklessness Of...
we may remind our readers that he seriously accused the Spectator last autumn of attempting to shelter the Government in regard to the Marconi affair because we would not......