No Doubt What Weighed Chiefly With The House Were The
considerations that there was no certainty, nor even a strong likelihood, that a great deal of money would be raised by Premium Bonds ; that a very flighty use of money would be......
The Manchester Guardian Of Wednesday Week Published An...
from Mrs. Humphry Ward protesting against the reimposition of tests which is proposed in the Enabling Bill. Our readers are familiar with the scheme embodied in the Bill,......
President Wilson In His Message To Congress On Tuesday Did
sot refer to the Peace Treaty, but dealt with economic questions. Ile expressed the belief that the causes of the general unrest were superficial rather than deep-seated, and......
In The House Of Commons On Monday The Motion In
favour of Premium Bonds was defeated by a decisive majority. 276 Members voted against the motion and only 84 for it. We need not summarize the debate, as we have frequently......
The First British Woman Member Took Her Seat In The
House of Commons on Monday. Lady Astor was introduced by the Prime Minister and Mr. Balfour, and is said to have been more self-possessed than those hardened Parliamentary......
She Reminds Us That T. H. Green In 1877 Said
to his pupils : " The day of tests and declarations except for clerical functions is over." And he added that " inability to adopt the creeds of Christendom in their natural......
Sir Auckland Geddes In Replying To His Critics Maintained...
the Coal Controller's estimate of the output for the current year from July had been confirmed by experience. There was no reason to hope for an output exceeding 217 million......
The Result Of The South Wales Miners' Ballot On Income
Tax has been announced two or three times, and each time has been announced differently. In the end, however, it appears that there was a very small majority—under 1500—in a......
The Labour Party Raised An Instructive Debate In The House
on Friday week on the Government's dealings with coal. Mr. Brace moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the Coal Controller's vagaries, and, though he was beaten on a......
Lady Astor Was Returned On Friday Week For The Sutton
Divi- sion of Plymouth, the seat vacated by her husband's succession to the Peerage. She gained a handsome victory for the Coali- tion, polling 14,495 votes against the Labour......
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