18 NOVEMBER 1911, page 19

We Are Glad To Record The Foundation Of A League

aimed at exposing the evils of the Trade Disputes Act. From a state- ment issued on Tuesday night we learn that the Trade Disputes Reform League will seek to convince Parliament......

The Copyright Bill Passed Through The Committee Stage In The

House of Lords on Tuesday and Wednesday with scarcely any alterations. The principal discussion was in connexion with the copyright of articles in newspapers and periodicals.......

By The Close Of Wednesday's Sitting Part I. And Part

III. of the Bill had passed through . Committee. There was some discussion of Clause 86, which deals with the powers of inspectors under the Bill. Mr. Lloyd George's amendment......

Mr. F. E. Smith's Reiterated Attacks On Mr. Bryce Have

pro- voked a vigorous yet dignified letter of protest from Professor Dicey in Monday's Times. Mr. Bryce, as he points out, is not only a most distinguished man of letters, but......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

Sept. 21st. Consols (21) were on Friday 781—Friday week 781.......

The Paris Correspondent Of The Economist Comments...

issue of the 11th inst. on the working of the State rail- ways in France :— " Trains are consistently and enormously late, the Administra- tion, being unable to exact anything......

As Our Readers Know, Our Sympathies Are Strongly With The

Italians, and we have felt great indignation against the way in which criticism of them has been expressed. But though we think that the English correspondents ought to have......

The Times Of Wednesday Publishes A Striking Letter From...

Teano, who is a distinguished scholar and deeply versed in the history of Islam. Prince Teano, perhaps not unnaturally, though we are sure without warrant, accuses the British......

Two By-elections Of Importance Are Pending—in The Hitchin...

Hertfordshire and in South Somerset. In both cases it is of the utmost moment that the Unionist candidates shall be returned. We have little doubt that the electors of the......