11 SEPTEMBER 1926, page 2

On Wednesday Germany Was Accepted As A Member Of The

League and as a permanent member of the Council. This very important event marks the end of the period in which the League was open to the reproach that it was merely a......

* * * The General Ground Of The Criticism Is

that the increased size of the Council will make it unwieldy and that the increase. is unnecessary now that Brazil has left the League and Spain is at present refusing to attend......

The Canadian Election Campaign Is Drawing To Its Close....

is no sign that. Lord Byng's .action over the dissolution has aroused any feeling against himself or the Mother Country. The old political decisions remain the important ones.......

If We Arc Not Mistaken, Mr. Churchill In His Present

mood will apply pressure if necessary. What sort of pressure ? The Government could repeal the Hours Act, or under the special legislation with which they are fortified they......

The News From China Is Grave. British Ships Have Been

engaged on that classical scene of naval fighting, the Yangtze River. The Cantonese troops have had no reverse yet to their success in moving northward. The Hong Kong......

If We Are Not Misled By The Reports, Sir Austen

Chamberlain seems to have delivered a rebuking homily, of which we greatly doubt the wisdom; to the Mandates Commission. The Commission has issued a very searching questionnaire......

Further Naval News Comes From Canton Where The So-called "

strike pickets " that attempt to enforce the boycott of Hang-Kong began firing .on the traffic between there and Shameen, the foreign settlement which is-British property, in......

On Tuesday The Central Committee Of The Mining...

Mr. Churchill's statement. A letter was sent to the Government saying that the Committee " fully endorsed the views " that had been expressed on their behalf by Mr. Evan......