13 DECEMBER 1935, page 2

The Safety Of Seamen The Judgement Given On 'wednesday By

Lord Al kTrivale, as Wreck CommisSioner, in the ease of the oil-ta nker Crescenta,' leaves no doubt about the gravity •)1' if, The ship disappeared last December while on a % .......

The War At A Standstill The. Stagnation Into Which The

campaign in Ethiopia - seerris to have lapsed is as puzzling' as' it must be dis- appointing: to the Italian - ublic It almost seems as though 'the Itaiian forces had . found......

A United Front In Egypt The Situation In Egypt Has

developed rapidly in the past week. Riots in Cairo and other towns have con- tinued, but the participants were mainly students, and their significance is trifling compared with......

M. Laval And The Leagues M. Laval's Dramatic Victory In

the matter of the politi- cal Leagues is in jeopardy once more. It was not surprising that the offers, admirably stage-managed, of M. Ybarne- garay on behalf of the so-called......

Our Debt To America .

Professor Newell, of-Boston, gave the Islington Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday the welcome • information 'that there was a definite movement in favour of the cancella- tion- of......

Nationalising Coal Royalties The Attorney-general Stated...

of Commons on Monday that the GOveinment intend to " nationalise " coal royalties. The word current with official spokesmen for some time has been the more general " unify " ;......