14 AUGUST 1936, page 2

Drought And Recovery In The U.s.a.

Press reports from the United States very naturally concentrate - on . the catastrophic effects of the drought, for its devastations are even worse than anticipated. The maize......

France--and Poland The Visit Of General Gamelin, Head Of The

French General Staff, to Warsaw is an event of some importance. His principal contact there will be with General Rydz- Smigly, the General Inspector of the armed forces of......

Agreement With Egypt The Anglo-egyptian Negotiations Have...

to a most satisfactory conclusion. Agreement having been reached first on the military clauses of the proposed treaty and then on the Sudan, there remained the complicated......

The New German Ambassador The Appointment Of Herr Von...

as German Ambassador in London is in accordance with expecta- tions, and, it may be added, with the general desire in this country. The long delay in the choice of a successor......

The Position In Abyssinia News From Italian Sources In...

is scarce and rigidly controlled. As might be expected it is in complete contradiction to the stories which from time to time emanate from Gore, which is the main centre of......

Austria's Recovery There Is Reason For Regret As Well As

satisfaction in the ending of the League of Nations' financial tutelage of Austria. Dr. Rost van Tonningen, the League's financial representative at Vienna, has decided that,......