13 MARCH 1909, page 2

The Peking Correspondent Of The Times Sent To Tuesday's...

a serious statement as to the way in which British money is used in Chinese railway construction. A loan for the Shanghai-Hang-Chau-Ning-Po Railway, amounting to 21,500,000, was......

The Letter On "indian Anarchism In England" Published In The

Times of February 20th, 1909, in which the writer, Mr. Krishnavarma, the present editor of the Indian Sociologist, defended resort to political murder, has had a, very natural......

On Monday And Tuesday The House Of Commons Discussed The

Army Estimates. Monday's debate, which chiefly turned on compulsory service, we have discussed elsewhere. On Tuesday Mr. Arthur Lee secured from the Prime Minister a promise to......

The Debate Wee Continued On. Thursday, When Lord Morley...

the third reading of his Bill. As to the allegation that the Councils Bill was Mr. Gokhale's Bill, he stated that Mr. Gokhale came to see him at the India Office last October,......

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Lord Morley Endeavoured

to persuade the Peers to reinsert Clause III. in the Indian Councils Bill,—the clause enabling the Government of India to set up Exeeutive Councils in the provinces governed by......

In The House Of Commons On Thursday Sir Edward Grey,

in answer to a series of questions addressed to him by Mr. Leverbon Harris, admitted that there were Treaties in force between this country and Portugal by which Portugal bound......

The Cape Town Correspondent Of The Times States In...

paper that the Bond Congress has compromised on Mr. Hofmeyr's federation proposals. It nominally accetits them, thus preferring the principle of federation to union for the......

We Fully Appreciate The Difficulty Of Sir Edward's...

sympathise with him in his evident feeling that it is - useless for the British Government to bark unless they are prepared to bite. At the same time, we cannot help wishing......

On Friday Week In The House Of Commons Mr. Dobson

moved the second reading of his Daylight Saving Bill, which practically embodies Mr. Willett's well-known proposal. The Bill provides that from the third. Sunday in April until......