13 JULY 1929, page 2

The Liberal Amendment On Wednesday Mr. Macpherson Moved...

ment to the Address demanding the suspension of the Scottish Local Government Act The Prime Minister' explained that his pledge to suspend the Act had naturally been conditional......

The Fiscal Debate On Tuesday The Unionist Amendment To The

Address was moved by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister. The amend- ment deplored the failure of Ministers to make any plain declaration of their policy on " the Safeguarding, McKenna......

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's " Tariff Reform " Frankly...

on foreign food and raw materials, but even Mr. Neville Chamberlain admits, if sadly, that such taxes are just as impossible to-day as they were found to be in 1906—and perhaps......

This Fiscal Debate, Which Lasted Till Tuesday Night And Gave

the Government the unexpectedly large majority of 120, did not produce new arguments. The Govern- ment, however, came very well out of it. Much was said about the injury......

On Tuesday' By Far The Most Interesting Speech Came From

Mr. Amery, who made a point of flatly disagreeing with Mr. Churchill's recent statement that there was an unbridgeable gulf between Unionists and Socialists. He took the line......

On Friday, July 5th, The Government Were Questioned On...

affairs. Sir Austen Chamberlain repudiated a suggestion of Colonel Wedgwood that Great Britain and America, " the two unegotistical nations of the world," should definitely ally......

We Are All For Encouraging The Internal Trade Of The

Empire, the great increase of which has been one of the most remarkable economic facts of recent years, but we part from Mr. Amery when he tells us that our Imperial salvation......

Mr. Snowden In His Answer To Mr. Amery Refused To-

say when he would repeal the McKenna duties, though he was firmly pledged to repeal. He could not " anticipate the Budget." As for the Safeguarding duties, he claimed the right......

Allies. Mr. Henderson, The New Secretary Of State For...

Affairs, agreed that the evacuation of the Rhineland ought to be simultaneous, and he believed that France and Belgium would not put obstacles in the way. He left it to be......