25 MARCH 1922, page 2

In The House Of Lords On Wednesday The Iriah Bill

was again in Committee. Lord Carson, referring to the criticism that ae a Law Lord he ought not to play an Active part in politics, said that if he had thought for one moment......

Lord Derby Told The Members Of The Junior Carlton Club

on Friday, March 17th, that he had declined the India Office because he thought that he could serve his party best by remain- ing outside the Government. He denied that he......

Economists And Financiers Representing The Five Allied...

in London this week for- a preliminary discussion of the questions that will be raised at the Genoa Conference. According to the Times the main subject debated was the revival......

On Tuesday, When The Free State Bill Was Considered In

Committee, Lord Peel made it clear that the Government could not accept any amendments. Lord Lansdowne, speaking with his usual wisdom, which is invaluable in debate, said......

The Irish Free State Bill Was Read A Second Time

in the House of Lords on Thursday, March 16th. Lord Carson described it as a piece of hypocrisy, inasmuch as the Government knew that the Sinn Feiners who signed the Treaty were......

In The By-election At Cambridge On Thursday, March 16th, Sir

Douglas Newton, the Conservative candidate, headed the poll with 10,897 votes. Mr. Dalton, the Labour candidate, was second with 6,954 votes, and Mr. Cope Morgan, the Indepen-......

The Conference On Affairs Of The Near East Began In

Paris on Wednesday. It was agreed that the Allies should demand a three months' armistice along the whole front in Asia Minor. It remains to be seen what answer the Turks will......

The Indian Legislative Assembly Has Rejected Some Of The New

taxes proposed by the Government—notably the increased excise duty on cotton goods--and has out down other items by way of protest against the military expenditure of......

The New Kingdom Of Egypt Was Proclaimed On Thursday, March

16th. The Sultan assumed the style of King Fuad There were public rejoicings in Cairo and the other towns. The faction formerly led by Zaghlul tried to raise a riot in Cairo but......

Mr. Gandhi And His Lieutenant, Blinker, Were Tried At...

bad on Saturday last and pleaded guilty. Gandhi, in_ one of those fantastic speeches which to. the Western mind suggest that he is insane, declared that to preach disaffection......

We Are Glad To See That Lord Robert Cecil, In

Tuesday's Tinies, has called attention to the gross ill-treatment inflicted on. Airs Stan. Harding, a British journalist, by the Bolsheviks. She• went to Russia in June, 1920,......