23 MAY 1903, page 1

Mr. Chamberlain, As Mr. Leonard Courtney Has Pointed Out,...

of course, betrayed into a very serious slip in regard to Cobden's French Treaty. No preference was given to French goods as such, and no certificates of French origin were......

News Of The Week.

• W ITHOUT question the event of the week has been the final, and, we believe, except in time of war, irrevocable relief of the bread of the people from taxation ; and the......

Mr. Chamberlain Went On To Declare That There Were Two

alternatives before the people of the Empire. "They may maintain if they like in all its severity the interpretation—in my mind an entirely artificial and wrong......

• We Congratulate Mr. Balfour And Mr. Ritchie Most Heartily

on the wisdom and good-sense of their attitude, and on the courage with which they have stuck to their guns, and have refused to yield to the angry clamour of a reactionary......

On Friday, May 15th, Mr. Chamberlain Addressed His Con-...

in a memorable speech. In the form of suggesting the matter for discussion, he urged, with all the resources of his matchless political eloquence, that we should unite the......

On Friday, May 156, Mr. Balfour Told The Deputation Of

Members of Parliament and representatives of various agri- cultural and other associations that the Government intended to stand firm in the matter of the relief of the people's......

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