Mr. Montagu Said That The Government Of India Had Been
perfectly free to arrest Mr. Gandhi if it had wanted to do so. A few days ago he had heard from India that the Government had actually issued orders for the arrest. Then came a......
We Publish Elsewhere An Article Communicated To The...
Mr. Harold Cox, in which he advocates the sterilization by means of a slight surgical operation of mentally deficient persons of both sexes. The arguments against allowing the......
We Can Quite Believe That In Mr. Gandhi's Fanatical Brain
there is a distinction between what he intends and what he accomplishes, but it is the duty of a government to judge by results. The ignorant mass of Indians cannot discriminate......
When The Debate Was Resumed On Monday, Mr. Asquith Moved
an amendment regretting that the extravagance of the Government had imposed on the country a crushing burden of taxation. The Geddes Committee Report showed that when the......
We Much Regret To Read The Announcement That Mr. J.
A. Spender has ceased to be the Political Editor of the Westminster Gazette. He was for nearly 26 years Editor of the Westminster Gazette when it was an evening newspaper, and......
Mr. Montagu's More Important Speech Was Made In The House
of Commons on Tuesday, when he gave a number of reasons for the widespread violence and unrest in India. He repeated that the failure to settle the Turkish question was a prime......
Mr. Murrough Wilson, On Friday, February 10th, Drew...
the desperate position of the agricultural com- munity. Mr. Acland said that if the labourers' 'wages were still further reduced, the young men would drift into the towns. He......
The Situation In India Is Very Serious. Mr. Montagu, After
a too prolonged silence, has made two speeches on the subject. He spoke with a bold face and used words of some confidence, but it is impossible not to say that he was none the......
The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Pointed Out That The...
in our expenditure was not so great as the increase in other countries. The service of the Debt and the war pensions cost in all £500,000,000, and this sum could not be reduced.......
Perhaps The Most Interesting Point In The Speech Was Mr.
Montagu's disavowal of Mr. Churchill's declaration about the Indians in Kenya. It will be remembered that Mr. Churchill had assured the Europeans that the highlands of Kenya......
Bank Rate, 4i Per Cant., Changed From 5 Per Cent.
Feb. 16, 1921 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, U412 ; Thursday week, 93i ; a year ago, t5.......