The Debate On The London Government Bill Was Opened On
Tuesday by air. Herbert Gladstone, in a speech which strikes us as extremely unreasonable. He set up a man of straw which was not the Government Bill, and not even very much......
In The House Of Lords On Monday Lord Salisbury Made
an interesting statement as to the position of Major Martyr, who commands a portion of the ill-starred expedition which Major Macdonald was to have led towards the Nile from......
A Great Hotel In New York, The ' Windsor,' Was
burned to the ground on Friday, the 17th inst., the destruction being accompanied with terrible loss of life. It is not known how the fire originated, but it spread with......
This Government Lacks Nerve In Dealing With Slavery. Sir R.
Reid on Wednesday proved conclusively that the , British Government in Zanzibar not only recognises the. status of slavery, but restores slaves to their owners, giving in detail......
On Monday Three Colonial Office Questions Were Raised On The
vote on account, —the refusal of the Colonial Office to veto the Reid Contract in regard to Newfoundland, the treat- ment of Mr. Le Mesurier in Ceylon, and the treatment of the......
The Debate On The Chinese Question Which Was Raised Later
in the evening by Mr. Walton, was from many points of view extremely interesting. We cannot deal with the individual speeches, which were numerous and long, but Member after......
Mr. Brodrick Had Evidently Been Instructed Not To Imply That
the Government were about to give in to the demand for recognising "spheres of interest," but it is clear, we think, from his speech that, though the Government still think that......
On Wednesday Mr. Sidney Holland's Old-age Pensions Bill...
the occasion for an important announcement by Mr. Chamberlain. After Easter a Select Committee will be appointed to consider the problem. Mr. Chamberlain reviewed the whole......
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