13 JUNE 1914, page 2

On Thursday Lord Roberts Made Two Valuable And Im- Portant

speeches on National Service, one at the League's annual meeting and the other at the dinner in the even. lug. In the speech at. the meeting Lord Roberts gave a very interesting......

Speaking At Oxford On The Home Rule Crisis Last Saturday,

Lord Haldane deprecated the language used by Sir Edward Carson. But, he added, "I know how hard a battle he has to fight, and I know this too, that he has done his best to keep......

In Committee Of Supply On Wednesday There Was An Animated

debate on the Post Office Vote. Mr. Hohhonse announced that the Government had decided (1) to appoint a small Expert Committee to inquire into the recommendations of the Holt......

On Friday Week The Times Published A Sensational But Wholly

unconvincing letter from Sir Percy Scott, directed to showing that it was no good to build any more Dreadnoughts because they could so easily be knocked out of time by sub-......

On Thursday At Inverness Mr. Bonar Law Made One Of

the best fighting speeches that even he has ever made. He placed before his audience with extraordinary vigour and cogency the appalling situation into which the country is......

Frankly, We See No Object In A Controversy So Empty,

purposeless, and hysterical as that which is raging round Sir Percy Scott's wild letter. As a caveat, however, we may point out that, though there is no case for saying that the......

In The House Of Commons On Tuesday Mr. John Burns

moved the second reading of the Bill amending the unem- ployment section of the Insurance Act. The net effect of the changes proposed, while giving relief to employers and work-......

The Archbishop Of York Appeals To Parliament In Monday's...

abandon manceuvring and recrimination, and honestly face the facts of the Irish crisis in a reasonable spirit. While urging the Coalition to waive their insistence on impractic-......