12 DECEMBER 1931, page 8

The Week At Westminster

T HE Indian debate ended in a bigger victory for the Government than was anticipated. Stripped of all adornments, the case for the Government was that we had pledged our word to......

Mr. Churchill Was At Some Pains To Disclaim A Reactionary

policy, and what lost him his case was not so much what he said—indeed, most of what his amendment asked was covered by the statement of Government policy—as the way in which he......

This Suggestion May Be Too Inventive, And It Would Be

unwise to fall into the error of other countries suffering from currency difficulties, namely, the attribution of every difficulty to foreign machinations. We have enough of our......

The Second Most Dramatic Incident Of The Week Was Mr.

Runciman's speech on Friday, in which he bluntly threatened with a tariff war those countries who took discriminatory measures against British goods. The cause of offence was......

On Tuesday A Full-dress Debate On India Was Begun In

the Upper House, where is concentrated far more experi- ence than the Commons can show. Lord Lloyd whose love for India is a passion, urged steadier progress from below instead......