15 AUGUST 1931, page 3

China

Appalling havoc has been caused by the flooding of the Yangtse in Hupeh, Hunan, Kiangsi, Anwhei, and Kiangsu. At Hangkow the floods have risen above a high-water level which has......

The Third Degree In America The Wickersham Commission's...

report is a document on which, if it had been published two hundred or three hundred years ago, civilization could not look back without a feeling of shame and revulsion. To-day......

Bank Rate 4/ Per Cent., Changed From 3/ Per Cent.

on July 30th, 1931. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011 ; on Wednesday week, 1011; a year ago, 1030. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 92k; on Wednesday week,......

Cuba A Serious Rebellion Has Broken Out In Cuba. Martial

law and a strict censorship are in force throughout the island. Although Senor Menocal, a former President and the reputed leader of the insurgents, has the support of the......

The Right To Broadcast The Correspondence Between Mr....

and the B.B.C. regarding Mr. Churchill's request to be allowed to broadcast his views on India raises questions of some importance. The monopoly of transmission enjoyed by the......

St. Stephen's And Lemberg The Criticisms In The Polish Press

regarding the visit of two British Members of Parliament to the Ukraine raise rather delicate issues. The relations between the Polish Government and its Ukrainian subjects may......

High And Low From Mr. F. S. Smythe And His

companions, encamped before Kamet among the Himalayan snows, 20,000 feet above sea-level, to the divers of the Artiglio, many fathoms below it and at last in sight of the......

The Foundling Site

In another column this week we publish a letter from Mrs. Trevelyan, the Honorary Secretary of the Foundling Site Appeal. We are delighted to hear that such a mag- nificent......