Lord Robert Cecil In A Most Able Speech Maintained That

the new proposals in the Budget had caused a shock to the credit of the country. Unless the Liberal leaders disavowed the new- fangled doctrine that people ought to be taxed,......

After The Attorney-general Had Put The Government Case...

and ability, Mr. Harold Cox poured upon the Budget a douche of chilling and destructiie criticism. Ile 'was convinced, he declared, that if ever the Lan.d-taxes were Put into......

On Thursday The Debate Reached Its Final Stage. Mr. F.

E. Smith, reverting to the old-age pensions controversy, noted that the Member for East Denbighshire, Mr. Hemmerde, had definitely stated during the by-election that "everybody......

We Regret To Record A Fatal Explosion Which Occurred In

the Darren Colliery, near Bargoed, South Wales, on Friday week. Generally a hundred and eighty-eight men are employed in the mine, but at the time of the explosion there were......

Mr. Balfour, On Whose Behalf The Speaker Had Twice To

intervene with a request for fair play, offered no apology. He maintained that the Lord Advocate was absolutely without excuse for stating that as a result of Tariff Reform......

Mr. Asquith Wound Up The Debate In A Speech Abounding

with elegantly phrased generalities. He adhered to the view that land differed from all other forms of property, and contrasted the Government's plan of taxing values which......

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Mr. Ure's Contribution To The Debate Took The Form Of

a long and impassioned attempt to vindicate himself from the charges brought against him by Mr. Balfour. He claimed that the enthusiastic cheers with which lie was received......