16 FEBRUARY 1929, page 3

The Treasury Did Well When Major-general J. B. Seely Was

appointed Chairman of the National Savings, Committee, for no man has a more infectious energy. His . Committee has evolved two new schemes, which we wish to commend to......

Europe Is In The Grip Of " The Coldest Spell

since the ace-age." In Great Britain we are only on the fringe of it. In Vienna there have been forty-eight degrees of frost, the Danube is frozen and the water supply is......

A Sequel To The Ratification Of The Treaty For The

Renunciation of War, rather than to the passing of the Cruiser Bill, has appeared in a resolution introduced into the Senate at Washington by Senator Capper, the well-known......

There Has Been A Check In The Negotiations Between China

and Japan over the settlement of the Tsinan incident. Japan has not yet withdrawn the troops which she sent to Shantung during the Nationalist advance last year. Any agreement......

The Whole Creation Of These Savings Certificates Is Of Great

value to the Treasury, of still more to the nation in encouraging thrift, and is an admirable object lesson Upon the theory that we have preached for many years, namely, that......

The Chamber Of Princes Has*openecl Its Session In The...

Building in NeW Delhi, and declared the British . connexion . to be - the esSential_ condition of any readjustments in _India. The relatiOns of the princes, who ride more than a......

Bank Rate, 51 Per Cent., Changed From 41 Per Cent.,

on February 7th, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 102 ; on Wednesday week 1021 ; a year ago 102f. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 89 ; on Wednesday week......