15 AUGUST 1925, page 3

The Report On The Ownership Of Mosul, Prepared By A

Conimittee of the League of Nations, has been issued. The Committee find that, from the strictly legal point of view, the disputed territory must be regarded as an integral part......

The Report Of Marshal Petain On His Visit To Morocco

was kept secret for some time, but it was issued last Sunday night by M. Painleve. It is plain that M. Petain takes a serious view of the task before his country. " The brutal......

' Although All That Has Happened Is Extremely Incon- Venient

to the French, it must not be supposed that the Jebel Druses are numerous enough or are sufficiently well armed to make a Iong resistance if France can spare troops to tackle......

Bank Rate, 4} Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

on August 6th, 1925. 1Var Loan (5 per cent.) was on Thursday 101) ; on Thursday week 1001- ; a year ago 101). Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Thursday 89} ; on Thursday week......

Recently The Acting Governor Has Been Captain Carbillet,...

Druses charge with having treated them not as members of an independent State but as colonial u_nderlings. When Captain Carbillet left the country recently on leave the Druses......

* * * * The Committee Appointed By The Imperial

Economic Conference to suggest means of developing trade within the Empire have presented a unanimous Report. The principal recommendation is that Imperial products should be......

In Paris Much Irritation Was Felt At The Failure Of

General Sarrail to supply promptly any account of what was really happening in the Jebel Druse. The Druses, having all the arts of desert and mountain life, are very difficult......

In The House Of Commons On Friday, August 7th, There

was a debate on economy in which Mr. Churchill, who was rather too chastened for our liking, explained the difficulties of economy, though he did not excuse the present......