Printed papers by various individuals on various subjects including: the representation of India at the Imperial Conference; press summaries of affairs in various countries including Albania, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the declaration of cotton as contraband, dealings with the United States, Portugal and the war, the leaking of information and an agreement with Sweden regarding contraband; Lord Lansdowne on naval and military war pensions and recruitment; Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Education] on labour problems and the supply of meat; Arthur Balfour [First Lord of the Admiralty] on national service and efficiency in war; South Africa; the economic position of the United Kingdom, Germany and Austria; Reginald McKenna [Home Secretary] on war taxation; the restriction on importing coffee into Germany; Herbert Samuel [Postmaster General] on Post Office charges; and the national register.