17 MARCH 1917, page 3

We Have No Desire To Stifle The Views Of Any

section of the com- munity, and we would rather see the extreme Pacificist, since he exists though in negligible numbers, in Parliament than not. His speeches prevent the......

Next Comes An Attempt To Secure Confidence For The Present

Government and to discredit their predecessors by pointing out how many more letters now go to No. 10 Downing Street than went there in the old days Unjust criticism of the......

We Must Protest Against A Detestable Series Of Paragraphs...

appeared in the. TfreeHy .Dispatch of last Sunday- in regard to the Report of the Dardanelles Commission. In the first place, the losses in the Gallipoli operation, are......

Anetmerican Correspondent Sends Us A Page From A...

tie* spaper, the Christian Work, containing an article entitled " Why Must the War Go On ? " by Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, M.P. This strange document is heralded by a note to the......

The Scheme, Which Is Judiciously As Well As Generously...

is the most enlightened contribution to the encouragement of creative native art that has been devised in our time. It meets a difficulty which has long beset British musicians......

We Are Democrats, And We Are Not Ashamed To Say

that one of the best lessons of the war will be that nations so far advanced in civilization as Germany must be held responsible for the system of government which they adopt or......

The Third Annual Report Of The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust

contains full details of a new and important publication scheme for the purpose of encouraging British composers in the practice of their art. They are invited to submit......

We Are Of Course Sure That Mr. Ponsonby's Sophistries Are

well meant, and that he sincerely believes in the paltry stuff he talks in defence of an enemy whom ho does not in the least understand and in arraignment of fellow-country- men......

We Have Dealt Elsewhere With The Problem Of Punishment, But

may note here another matter of some importance. We gather from the general strain of Mr. Ponsonby's article that he would answer our arguments by saying that it is not fair to......

Finally, The Writer In The Dispatch States That How Long

the Prime Minister will be able to stand the strain is a matter of continual speculation. We hope our readers will not think we are indulging in another fad if we ask how long......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From R, Per Cent.

Jan, 18th.......