13 DECEMBER 1924, page 1

The King's Speech Was Unusually Long. It Began With A

reference to Egypt and the Sudan, and, quite rightly, insisted upon the legality with which the Government had behaved. It was noticeable that the anti-British campaign......

After A Summary Of The Facts About The New Anglo-

German Treaty and the Treaty with Italy, which cedes to Italy a portion of Jubaland, an unexpected announce- ment was reached. This was that the Prince of Wales had been invited......

Although, As Free Traders, We Have No Belief In The

economic benefits of preferences, we are very ready to admit that there may be times when they had better be accepted on the ground of expediency. We are not at all sure that......

News Of The Week

T HE first session of the new Parliament opened on Tuesday. The House of Commons presented a strange spectacle with the supporters of the Government over- flowing on to the......

Another Very Important Statement Was That The Plans For The

naval base at Singapore will be proceeded with. On the whole we regret this decision, though we know that there is a good deal to be said on both sides. No doubt the expert......

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