22 JANUARY 1910, page 3

We Deeply Regret The Defeat Of Mr. Harold Cox At

Preston. In him Parliament loses, we sincerely hope only for a time, a man of wise mind and high character, and possessed of a type of eloquence exactly suited to a delibera-......

When The Debate Was Continued On Wednesday M. Maurice Barres

satirised the " commandments" which are issued from the Ministry of Education, and remarked that one of them was: " We do not ask you to deny God, but merely to put Him in......

The Times Of Thursday Contains From Its Peking Corre-...

an account of the first Session of the Chinese Pro- vincial Assemblies. They were elected on a limited franchise, and the subjects open to discussion are restricted. Procedure......

Sir Robert Giffen, Who Voted For The Liberals In 1906,

explains in Monday's Times why, like us, he is resolved to support Tariff Reform candidates at this Election as the lesser evil. Socialism, Little Englandism, neglect of......

The Times Of Last Saturday Reproduces Some Outspoken...

Herr Harden in the Zukunft on the elections. He defends Mr. Balfour from the charge of violating international decency. " I think that if I were an Englishman, I should think......

The Appeal Put Forward In The Letter Headed "politics And

Pockets " in Monday's Times deserves the strongest com- mendation and support. Wherever one looks it is impos- sible to escape the eternal appeal to the pocket. " Under which......

The Times Of Tuesday Published From A Correspondent An...

of a strange seditious play in India which has been acted all over the Deccan, and has been enormously popular. It is called Kichaka-vadd, and the plot is founded on the......

On Friday Week An Important And Interesting Debate Began In

the French Chamber of Deputies on the schools question. For some time many of the Bishops have been complaining that the ecoles laiques—that is, the "provided" or "neutral"......

The Debate Was Continued On Monday By M. Groussau, Who,

we learn from the Times report from which we are quoting, is a Professor of Law at the Roman Catholic University of Lille. He said that the whole difficulty arose from the fact......

Bank Rate, 31 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.

Jan. 20th. Consols (2k) were on Friday 82k—Friday week 821.......