On Wednesday Was Announced The Formation, On The Model Of
the French Academy, of an Academic Committee of the Royal Society of Literature. The objects of this body are to include the maintenance of the purity of the English language,......
The Names Of Those Signing The Letter Are Remarkable ;
for example, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Mr. Moberly Bell, Sir James Crichton-Browne, Mr. S. H. Butcher, Sir Edward Clarke, the Duke of Devonshire, Professor......
We Cannot Deal With The Debate That Followed, But Must
find space to point out that, quite apart from the economic answer, which we hold to be conclusive, the political answer to Mr. Balfom's gloomy forebodings is that between the......
The Result Of The By-election In The Kirkdale Division Of
Liverpool was announced on Wednesday night. Colonel Kyffin-Taylor, the Unionist candidate, was returned by a majority of 841 over his Labour opponent, Mr. A. G. Cameron. In 1910......
We Are Delighted To See That Those Able And Efficient
organisers, Lord Cromer and Lord Curzon of Kedleston, have not let the grass grow under their feet, but have issued, in conjunction with a large number of other prominent men,......
On Friday Week The Very Satisfactory Announcement Was...
at a meeting of the masters and operatives of the cotton trade at Manchester the wages dispute was settled. It will be remembered that a revised conciliation scheme for the......
The Officials Of The Men's Unions, Including Mr. Hudson,...
and Mr. Williams, the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, behaved with great good sense and courage, and told the men plainly that their action was......
During The Week What Threatened To Be A Very Formidable
strike took place on the system of the.North-Eastern Railway. Happily, however, it was announced on Friday morning that the strike had collapsed, that the Company's terms had......
In The House Of Commons On Thursday, The Subject Before
the House being the second reading of the Appro- priation Bill, Mr. Balfour urged the policy of Colonial Preference. As long ago as 1843 an appeal came from Canada for some......
The Signatories Of The Letter Go On To Say That
they desire to make it known that a movement is being set on foot to give organised expression to the anti-suffrage case. Already a sum of over £13,000 has been promised. It is......
The Question Of Finance Is Of Prime Importance, And We
sincerely trust that those who feel strongly on this matter will not allow the fund to be merely the outcome of large subscriptions by rich men. No work really flourishes which......