24 DECEMBER 1910, page 3

On Tuesday A Demand Was Made In The French Chamber

for the reinstatement of the railway servants dismissed by the various companies during the recent strike. M. Briand explained that the strike had been declared at the very......

Last Saturday Mr. Taft, Speaking To The American Society For

the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, said that war was still a possibility, and it was unjust and unpractical to insist that a sincere desire for peace was......

It Is Greatly To Be Hoped That The War Office

will not let the example of Surrey be forgotten by the other counties which are officially under orders to raise Veteran Reserves. Surrey had no exceptional advantages, but......

We Have Written Fully Elsewhere Of The Extraordinary...

three policemen and the wounding of others in Houndsditeh on Friday week. On Thursday a public funeral service took place in St. Paul's Cathedral, at which the King was......

An Appalling Disaster Occurred In The Yard Mine Of The

Pretoria Colliery near Bolton on Wednesday. It is estimated that three hundred and twenty lives have been lost. A terrific explosion occurred, and so far there is no adequate......

A Parade Of The Two Guildford Companies Which Took Place

on Monday showed that at least half the men of those com- panies had had experience of active service such as could be found in no other army in the world except that of Russia......

We Are Glad To Hear That The Veteran Reserve Formed

in Surrey from men with military training living in the county, but not now connected with any military unit, has proved a very great success. Its strength is not only......

In A Paper Read By Mr. George Paish Before The

Royal Statistical Society it was shown that at the end of 1907 the total amount of capital invested abroad was 22,693,738,000, about half being invested in India and the......

So Far The Intentions Expressed In The Bill Are Such

as any Power has a right to put into effect without reference to the interests or criticisms of any other Power. But there is a more doubtful point. This is the proposal to......

Bank Rate, 4i Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

Dec. 1st Consols (2i) were on Friday 798—Friday week 791.......

We Should Like To Endorse The Comment Of The Times

upon the extremely able report of its correspondent, published on Thursday, upon the rat plague in East Anglia. The epidemic has lasted for three months, and no adequate inquiry......