15 MARCH 1930, page 1

News Of The Week The Defeat Of The Government O N

Tuesday, the Government were defeated by a majority of eight on the levy proposal in the Coal Mines Bill. The levy was by no essential to the Bill, having been put in not so......

The Naval Conference , The Naval Conference, When We Write

on Thursday, is nearer a deadlock that it has ever been. The most important events of the week have been the announce- ment by Great Britain that she will not agree to a Locarno......

Last Week Mr. Gandhi Sent To The Viceroy A Letter

beginning " Dear friend;" . in which lie announced . that as he held British rule to be a curse he could do nothing but resist it. He added, " I do not intend to harm a single......

. Superficially It Seemed Paradoxical That The Unionists,...

Party, should oppose the coalowners' wish for a levy. Colonel Lane-Fox, however, said, quite justifiably in our opinion, and the proposal meant subsidizing foreign buyers and......

In An Admirable Broadcast • Message To The United States

the Prime Minister said that the bonds of war —that is to say warlike preparations—can never be the security of peace. The Times says that M. Briand; who is .undoubtedly a "......

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