On Thursday Mr. Balfour, Presiding At A Great Unionist ,
demonstration at the Queen's Hall to protest against the Irish policy of the Government, declared that !ie new Chief Secre- tary for Ireland had in the course of his i;tiv......
Mr. Balfour Made One Of Those Critical Speeches In Which
he excels, and pointed out how extraordinary were the incon- sistencies of the Government in their treatment of the land question. In Ireland they were trying to get rid of dual......
During The Second Reading Of The Small Holdings Bill In
the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Harcourt denied that small holdings could be obtained quite easily, as Mr. Chaplin had said. As to the Government plan of granting......
The Polling For The Vacancy At Rutland Took Place On
Tuesday, when Mr. Gretton, the Unionist and Tariff Reform candidate, was returned by a majority of 851 over the Liberal candidate, Mr. W. F. H. Lyon. The figures were 2,213 to......
In The House Of Commons On Tuesday The Navy And
Army Estimates ware discussed in Committee of Supply. Much amusement was caused by Mr. Robertson's statement about the rum ration, in the Navy. At present the men who do not......
Lord Lansdowne, Who Proposed The First Resolution,...
was a gross and criminal perversion of the fads to represent Ireland as a country poverty-stricken, ground down, and honeycombed with want and disease." The real canker in......
In The House Of Lords On Wednesday Lord Crewe Moved
the second reading of the Qualification of Women (County and Borough Councils) Bill. Lord Come, in appealing to the House to assent to a moderate and modest reform, reminded his......
The Discussion, Which Wu Continued On Thursday, Was Made
• interesting by a speech against the Bill from Mr. Wedgwood, conceived on old-fashioned Radical and Free-trade lines. The Bill, he declared, ran counter to the principles which......