Lords and Commons Clash Over Ballot Secrecy Debate
A Commons division reaffirms compulsory secrecy for ballots while opposing an optional ballot. Government pressure to balance scrutiny with secrecy prompts amendments. Lords are urged to yield on key points, including polling places and extended hours, as the bill faces final passage.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
Rainald Knightley
Lord Shaftesbury
Trouse
House of Communns
House of Commons committee urges direct electors to choose
The committee states the house and its constituencies are in earnest and that electors and the elected have the right to decide for themselves. They argue that once the choice is made an hereditary House should not interfere.
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Germany and the Papacy Clash Over Jesuits and Power
The piece surveys German and papal contest, noting the Jesuit ban passed by the German Parliament and potential further measures. It discusses Ultramontane influence, state control of religious life, and the broader struggle between German modernization and Catholic traditionalism amid political tension with the Vatican.
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Altenmontane Jouriaae
International
Thaes
Westphilia
Germany
Italy
Austria
Desast
Geneva arbitration and its momentous test for peace
The article extols the first formal Court of Arbitration for international disputes as a landmark in Europe and the world. It warns that success would herald peace while failure could delay similar efforts for generations, amid criticisms and intense diplomatic tensions between Britain and the United States over treaty meaning and conduct.
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Friends of Human Progress
Waterloo
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Friends of Peace
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Winshington
Lord Gaanville
Tip -Bocheme
Azuilet
Granville
Pete Sunthingis
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