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THE
ANNUAL REGISTER
1908
Wift of
ALL THE VOLUMES OF THE NEW SERIES OF THE
1863 to 1907
MAY BE HAD
LONGMANS,
GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO., LTD.; MADGWICK, HOULSTON, & CO, LTD SMITH, ELDER, & CO.; J. & E. BUMPUS, LTD.
BICKERS & SON; J. WHELDON & CO.; R. & T. WASHBOURNE
12.
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CONTENTS.
PART I.
ENGLISH HISTORY.
CHAPTER I.
BEFORE THE SESSION.
The New Year Outlook, [1]. The Church, [2]. Political Speeches: Lord Cromer
at Glasgow, Mr. Asquith at Lancaster, Mr. Balfour at Glasgow, [2-3]. Women
Suffragists at Downing Street; Mid-Devon Election; Death of Attorney-
General; Mr. Churchill on his African Tour, [4]. Mr. Birrell at Reading, [5].
Socialism and Politics, [6]. Speeches by Mr. Balfour in the City, Mr. Asquith,
Mr. Lyttelton, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, and Mr. Winston Churchill, [7]. The
Education Controversy, [8]. Conditions Adverse to the Government, [9].
CHAPTER II.
THE SESSION UNTIL EASTER.
Opening of Parliament; the King's Speech, [10]. Admission of Lord Curzon of
Kedleston, [11]. The Address debated in the Lords, [11]; in the Commons,
[12-14]. Amendments-on Unemployment, [14]; on the Condition of India,
[15]; on Reform in Egypt, [16]. Herefordshire Bye-election, [16]. Women
Suffragist Demonstration, [16]. Murder of the King of Portugal; Addresses of
Sympathy, [17]. The Address Debate Resumed; Amendment on the Condition
of Ireland, [17]; on the Recent Action of the Education Department, [19]; on
the status of the Board of Trade, [20]; on the Right of Capture at Sea, [21];
on the Transvaal Civil Servants, [22]; on the Hop Industry, [22]. Elections
(London) Bill, [22]. Anglo-Russian Agreement: Debate in the Lords, [23]; in
the Commons, [25]. Worcester Election; Death of the Tribune; Progress of
Tariff Reform, [27]. Children Bill Introduced, [28]. Conflict with the Lords
Renewed; the Scottish Land Bills, [28]. South Leeds Election, [30].
"Women's Parliament" and Demonstration, [30]. Small Landholders (Scot-
land) Bill, [31]. Land Values (Scotland) Bill, [32]. Alternative Measures, [33].
Introduction of the Education Bill, [34-6]; of the Licensing Bill, [36-8].
Private Members' Bills and Motions: Railway Nationalisation, [39]; Regis-
tration, [40]; Ecclesiastical Disorders Bill, [40]. Report on Ecclesiastical
Ornaments, [41]. Local Taxation, [41]. Party Funds, [42]. Sweated In-
dustries Bill, [43]. The Macedonian Question, [43-5]. The Congo State
Scandals, [45]. Women Suffrage and the Liberal Party; Women's Enfran-
chisement Bill, [47]. Municipal Representation Bill, [49]. Education (Local
Authorities) Bill, [49]. Debate on Tariff Reform, [49]. Army Estimates, [50].
Navy Estimates, [52]. Resolution demanding further Retrenchment, [54].
Debate on the Navy Estimates, [56]. Debate on the Army Estimates, [57].
Debate on the Employment of Troops during Trade Disputes, [58]. The
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