If Th4 - .; Dinner Was A Fiasco, As Regards Those Who
attended it, it woe.: till more of a fiasco in the matter of argument. Every speech made contained one colossal non sequitur and generally two. The speakers praised the Honse of......
We Wish To Make It Quite Clear That In Our
opinion those who promoted the dinner desire to oust Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Balfour from the leadership. It is idle to pretend other- wise. There is, of course, nothing morally......
The Chief Exception That We Can Find To This Topsy-turvy
display of loyalty was Mr. Austen Chamberlain. He had the good taste not to pretend that be was loyally following his leader by hitting him over the head, and the audience seems......
Lord Lansdowne's Advice Was Not Accepted By A Section Of
the Unionist peers, and on Saturday afternoon notice was issued that a dinner was to be given to Lord Halsbury to thank him for the part he bad taken in the Constitutional......
In Estimating The Forces Contributing To The Happy Result...
described we must note how staunchly the majority of the chief Tariff Reformers (for example, to name only two of many, Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Arthur Lee) have held to their......
The Complete Change In The Political Situation Since Our...
issue must now be recorded. On Saturday last the papers gave a report of the meeting of Unionist peers held on the previous day at which Lord Lansdowne read a letter addressed......
Before We Leave The Subject Of The Dinner We Must
mention, though with great reluctance, the message from Mr. Chamberlain to Lord Selborne, which was read out at the beginning of the proceedings. It was as follows :— " I hear......
In The House Of Commons On Monday There Was A
scene of unparalleled passion and disorder when Mr. Asquith attempted to justify the rejection of the Lords' amend- ments to the Parliament Bill. The pandemonium reached such a......
The Dinner To Lord Halsbury Must, We Imagine, Have Proved
a very deep disappointment to its promoters. It is, indeed, hardly too much to say that it was a fiasco. There were a good number of revolting Members of Parliament and a gcod......
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