14 JANUARY 1938, page 2

* * * * Palestine The Murder Of Mr. J.

L. Starkey, head of the Marston- Wellcome Archaeological Research Expedition in Palestine, by a party of armed Arabs near Hebron on Tuesday, was a particularly brutal and......

* * * * M. Goga And Rumania The Immediate

results of M. Goga's appointment as Prime Minister of Rumania, as opposed to his pronounce- ments before attaining office, have so far been less alarming than was at first to be......

Herr Hitler On Peace Herr Hitler's New Year Address To

the Diplomatic Corps was in form and substance all that could be desired. Its theme was peace, its purport Germany's desire to see European peace established. It is easy to talk......

France's Labour Troubles The Labour Crisis In France,...

again has involved the Front Populaire Government in serious difficulties, appears to have been precipitated by the folly or intent of workers and employers alike. The workers......

Great Britain And Eire Too Many Attempts To Straighten -...

relations between Great Britain and the Irish Free State (or Eire, as we must now call it) have proved abortive for any excessive expectations to be raised by the announcement......

A Parliament In Russia On Wednesday 1,143 Deputies From All

over Russia assembled for the first meeting of the Soviet Parliament, consisting of the All-Union Council and the Council of Nationalities. Each deputy was returned unopposed ;......