17 AUGUST 1901, page 2

On Saturday Last A Great Unionist Demonstration Was Held At

Blenheim, at which Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain were the chief speakers. We have alluded elsewhere to the chief incident of the gathering,—i.e., the declarations of the two......

On Thursday, After The Privilege Question Had Been Got Rid

of, the House indulged in a war debate. Sir William Harcourt made ' many criticisms in regard to the war, especially questioning our right to deprive the Boers after Septem her......

The "united States Of Colombia" Are Quarrelling Gravely...

Although it is in South America, the war may turn out to be of importance, for the Government of the United States is inclined to interfere. President McKinley will declare, it......

One Would Much Like To Understand The Precise Position Of

Count VO11 Weldersee within the German Empire.' He was sent to China with a grand flourish of trumpets, when there he was nominated ComMander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies, and......

We Have Stated Elsewhere Our Reasons For Regretting The...

taken by the Government, and can only say here that no question of doing anything contrary to Roman Catholic feeling was involved. The convents objected to inspection because it......

In The House Of Commons On Monday The Government Suffered

a defeat in the lobbies in regard to the clause affect- ing the working of women and young persons in factories on Saturday. The Government proposed to make 1 o'clock the hour......

On Thursday The House Of Commons Indulged In Yet Another

of its childish squabbles with the Press,—squabbles which do much more to lower the position of the House o f Commons than the newspaper articles which are resented by its......