23 DECEMBER 1893, page 2

On Wednesday, The House Of Commons Considered Lord...

to the Employers' Liability Bill. Mr. Asquith moved to disagree with it as "mischievous in sub- stance and impracticable in form," and criticised severely the proposal to make......

Mr. Gladstone's Reply Was Much More Alarming Than Lord...

Hamilton's attack. He treated the attack as a mere party move; declared that there was not any ground for naval anxiety, such as there was, for instance, in 1884, when his own......

After A, Good Deal Of Unimportant Discussion, Mr....

made a very powerful speech. He pointed out that Russia and France are now spending between them every year two.and-a-half millions more on naval " construction " than we are......

The Indian Loan Bill For 210,000,000 Has Passed Both Houses

after debates which we have adequately characterised elsewhere. We must mention here, however, that the money was urgently required to meet the demands of January, and that if......

The Naval Debate Of Tuesday Had A Good Deal Of

the old clearness and interest which the debates of the House of Commons have lately lost. Lord George Hamilton's motion laid it down that it was necessary for the safety of the......

Mr. Balfour's Reply Was Very Pregnant. Our Empire, He Said,

which depends for its safety wholly on its Navy, is in some respects more difficult to defend than any the world has ever seen. So far from the Conservatives regarding this as a......