The First Session Of The Federal Parliament Of Germany Was-
opened on Tuesday by the Emperor in person. His Majesty, who was surrounded by a splendid cortege of Princes and Generals, read his speech seated on the new throne, the stone......
On The Same Night, Mr. Stapleton Made A Speech Which
was virtually a proposal for promotion by seniority instead of selec- tion, arguing that in Prussia only one officer in forty was pro- moted out of his turn, in order to enter a......
Mr. Gladstone Replied By Saying That Mr. Mundella And His
seconder had not really suggested any means by which the surplus- in the Army Estimates, about £2,750,000, could be saved at present without weakening the Army. All the......
When The Motion Thus Made Room For, Actually Came On,
on Thursday, Mr. Mundella made a very good speech on economy, but not one in support of his thesis that you might do all you are going to do, or ought to do, and not ask for......
Mr. Trevelyan Brought On His Motion For Abolishing...
on Monday in a very full House. He showed that we had 580 " Generals," who cost the country £371,000 a year, in sinecure colonelcies, half-pay, and the like, whereas we wanted......
The Debate On The Army Regulation Bill Was Concluded On
Friday week with a curious anti-climax, after all the terrible predictions with which the abolition of Army Purchase had been greeted, by carrying the second reading without......
As A Division Had Been Taken On The Motion For
going into Com- mittee, the forms of the House would not allow Mr. Mundella to move his amendment against any increase in the Army Estimates the same evening, and Mr. Gladstone......
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