Mr. Asquith Has Written To The Lord Mayors Of London,
Dublin, and Cardiff, and to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, proposing to hold meetings in order to stimulate and organize public opinion and public effort " in the greatest......
Mr. Redmond Argued That The War Should Not Be Allowed
to damnify the position of the Irish Nationalists. if a settlement were not reached by negotiation, the Home Rule Bill ought to be placed on the statute book according to the......
Very Different From The Tone Of The Independent Labour Party
manifesto is that of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress which was issued on Friday. It is a capital recruiting appeal. " On the result of the present......
Sir Robertson Nicoll, Not Content With His Admirable...
Nonconformists, has published in the British Weekly a stirring recruiting call : " Set Down My Name, Sir ":— " Faun g ath letes should be in the field, and there should be a......
On Wednesday Morning The President Of The French Republic...
all the Ministers addressed a proclamation to the country which must be described as fully worthy of the occasion and of France. It declares that the French Cabinet have decided......
We Trust That Our Readers Will Not Regard Us As
friendly to the Kaiser or as members of " the Potsdam party " if we protest against a passage in a letter written by Mr. Frederio Harrison to the Times of Monday :— " Be it......
In The House Of Lords On Friday Week Lord Crewe
described the wave of enthusiasm which is passing over India. The desire of the Indian people to serve side by side with the British Army in Europe was intense. As it was well......
On Monday In The Commons Mr. Asquith Moved That The
House adjourn till Wednesday, September 9th. When on August 10th he had moved the adjournment of the House to the 25th he had said that the postponement of business must be......
Last Saturday Apia, The Capital Of German Samoa,...
an expeditionary force sent by the Govern- ment of New Zealand. Germany first went to Samoa in 1879, when she annexed a harbour. The Treaty of Berlin of 1889 made the islands an......
We Have No Objection To A Little Rhetoric, But Here
is a specific suggestion for committing a bombastic and theatrical personal outrage such as our forefathers, thank heaven, absolutely refused to allow in the case of a worse......
The Independent Labour Party, Of Whichmr. F. W. Jewett,...
is chairman, is urging its branches not to join in the Prime Minister's recruiting campaign. In the view of the Committee, "a sort of moral pressure will be inequitable and......
Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.
Aug. 8th.......