On August 23rd Sir Percy Cox, Our High Commissioner In
Mesopotamia, visited the palace of King Feisul at Bagdad to congratulate him on the anniversary of his accession. His way, however, was blocked by a crowd which was listening to......
The Other Public Man Called On Mr. Shaw Himself. Mr.
Shaw opened the conversation by remarking that he farmed 2,000 acres of his own land and was running a horse for the Derby. Having thus created a suitably impressive atmosphere,......
Mr. Shaw, In His Interview With The Representative Of The
Morning Poet, declared that the baronet referred to was " a very prominent man, a very rich man, a very great newspaper owner too." He went on to explain that his own hobby was......
On The Other Hand, The Authority Of King Feisul Is
said to be waning, owing partly to his most unfortunate illness at a critical moment. The Government has been in the hands of the inevitable backstair politicians of every......
The Duke Of Northumberland, By A Letter To The Morning
Post of Monday, has distinctly added to the information which he had already given to the country about the sale of honours. In the debate of July 10th in the House of Lords he......
In His Letter The Duke Quoted Communications From A Mr.
Harry Shaw, of 36, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge. In these communications Mr. Shaw informed two different public men in mysterious language that if they would give him an appoint.......
Probably Most People Thought, As We Have All Along Thought,
that a certain number of busybodies have been in the habit of making tentative offers of honours to rich men in the reasonable expectation that if a sufficient sum of money were......
A Man Acting As Mr. Shaw Acted Might Rationally Argue
that at least a baronetcy should be his own reward for bringing in a plentiful harvest of money. In the past, though money played its part in the bestowal of rewards, there was......
In Other Words, The Secession States Are Determined To Stop
trade flowing in its only natural and possible courses lest someone else should profit by it as well as themselves. Thus, somewhat ironically, on the same day that the Times was......
So Far The Evidence Is Compatible With Mr. Shaw Having
been a self-appointed agent of the kind we have imagined. The Morning Post of Tuesday, however, published an interview with Mr. Shaw in which he said that he had nothing to be......
It Turns Out That Mr. Shaw Is The Gentleman Who
bought Stowe House and proposed, alternatively, that it should become national property or a new public school. It seems that as the money he hoped for has not been subscribed......
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