13 DECEMBER 1930, page 2

The French Government

On Thursday, December 4th, M. Tardieu's Government was defeated in the Senate on a motion expressing dis- appointment with both foreign and financial policy. In the background......

Unemployment Insurance

On Tuesday, in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister announced the names of those who are to serve on the Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance under the Chairmanship of......

A Coal Strike Prevented

On Thursday, December 4th, the extension of the Scottish coal strike was averted by the decision of the Delegates' Conference of the Miners' Federation to refer the spreadover......

The Minorities Question Throws Its Shadow Upon Every...

the Conference. In spite of strong dis- approval in India, Hindu and Moslem representatives are making a gallant effort to establish the principle of joint electorates. It is......

* * * * The Representatives Of The Indian States,

anxious as they arc on principle to preserve the name of internal independence, and thus to .enter the Federation individually by separate conventions, will not make a deal with......

* * * * It Is To Be Hoped That

an Interim Report, which may be the most important of a sequence of Reports and which must indicate the character of its successors, will be issued very quickly. If only......

* * * * The Lesson Of This Should Be

obvious. The police in India are subjected to a terrific strain, and the mere fact that there have been only eight fatal assaults in the last two years in spite of extremist......