The List Of Subscriptions For The Great War Loan Is
now closing. The result of the appeal to the nation's pockets has yet to be announced, but the omens point to a decisive success. The Loan was not only issued on more generous......
In The House Of Commons On Wednesday Mr. Leif Jones
proposed the Prohibition of drink. We have seldom found ourselves in agreement with Mr. Leif Jones, but so far as his advocacy of Prohibition relates to the war we are......
Tho Times - Of Wednesday Publishes A Fine And Singularly...
headed " Mare Liberum," addressed to Germany by Mr. Henry Van Dyke, one of the most distinguished American men of letters, a former colleague of President Wilson at Princeton,......
As For Sir George Cave's Picture Of Soldiers Shivering In
the . tenches withouttheir rum, we have not heard' of any serious demand that they should be deprived of it. We should not support such a demand. Our soldiers have earned and......
There Is Great Significance, For All Who Know Our English
love of field-sports, in Captain Bathurst's announcement in the House that .the masters of foxhounds have decided to hold fewer nieet.. to slaughter most of the hounds, and, in......
Year Ending With March, The Votes Of Credit Will Have
amounted to -£1,950,000,000. • From the beginning of the war to March 31st, the total expenditure will be £4,200;000,000. Despite a heavy-increase of taxation, the National Debt......
Sir George Cave Went On To Say That An Appeal
to the people to do without drink could be based only on necessity. Well, that is the very ground on which the Government themselves have based their appeal for self-sacrifice......
The Prime Minister's List Of Honours, Held Over From New
Year's Day, was issued on Tuesday. Non-political in character, it is in the main confined to the recognition of the war services rendered by civilians. The only peerage is......
An Important Debate On The Submarine Campaign Was Opened In
the House of Lords on Tuesday by Lord Beresford, who, though critical, expressed his full confidence in the capacity of the present Board of Admiralty to overcome the barbarous......
The Duke Of Norfolk, Whose Death At The Age Of
sixty-nine we record with much regret, was the premier Duke and premier Earl of England, and- the unquestioned leader of the English Roman Catholics, in whose affairs he took a......
Lord Curzon Gave Some Reassuring Figures In Regard To Our
mer- chant marine. Since the war began, our merchantmen over 1,600 tons have decreased in number from 3,890 to 3,540, and in tonnage from 16,850,000 to slightly less than......
Although Practically No Spirits Are Being Produced For...
" Bread versus Beer " issue remains untouched. We have read the report of this debate partly with bewilderment and partly with humiliation. The only consolation in it is that......
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