16 JANUARY 1904, page 3

Major Seely, The Conservative Member For The Isle Of Wight

who served with distinction in the war, has a strong letter on the Chinese labour question in the Times of Tuesday. The importation of these "yellow slaves," Major Seely......

Those Who Weary Of Interminable Discussions On The Fiscal...

should read the article on " Free Trade and the Unionist Party " in the new number of the Edinburgh Review. It is a masterly summary of the whole situation, and the writer's......

The Board Of Trade Returns For 1903, Briefly Alluded To

in our last issue, will require very adroit handling to prove of any assistance to Mr. Chamberlain. The total volume of trade is valued at £903,000,000, or £25,000,000 above the......

Mr. Chamberlain Has Completed His Tariff Commission, An...

of fourteen names, bringing the total up to fifty-eight, having been published on Wednesday. The new members include Sir Charles Elliott, the distinguished Indian civilian,......

Mr. Chamberlain Was The Principal Guest Of The Birmingham...

and Silversmiths' Association on Monday, and spoke for an hour on Imperial policy. Dealing with the charge of unpreparedness in connection with the war, Mr. Chamberlain said it......

While This Branch Of Our Trade Had Diminished, Our Trade

with our Colonies had increased. But this trade was already seriously threatened by foreign tariffs, and would (unless we reformed our fiscal policy) go the way of our export......

Sir Henry Campbell-bannerman Addressed A Liberal Meeting...

Wednesday, and made some good points. The Prime Minister, he pointed out, had recently delivered a homily on the dangers of baste, but meanwhile the author of the proposed......

Mr. Balfour Was Entertained By The Manchester Conser-...

to luncheon on Tuesday, and made an interesting speech. He would not, he said, speak on the fiscal problem, but asked leave to compress his speech of the previous night into two......

Consols (21 Per Cent.) Were On Friday 88.

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On Sunday Sir Charles Egerton Encountered A Large Force Of

the Mullah's followers, estimated at about five thousand, at Jidballi, in the Nogal Valley, and completely routed them. He reports that this was probably the Mullah's chief......