16 JULY 1927, page 2

On Monday The House Passed In Committee The Clause Of

the Aliens _Bill which in effect makes permanent the War-time restrictions on the entry of aliens to reside here. The temptations to do as others do and keep our country to......

The Foreign Office Vote Was Taken On Monday, When Mr.

Ponsonby made wide and gloomy criticisms. The Secretary of State answered defending the present diplomacy that is conducted by responsible ministers at Geneva. The intercourse......

* * * * On The Whole Lord Winterton's Picture

of India was satisfactory and was accepted by the House with much less adverse criticism than we have been accustomed to in recent years. Finance was extremely successful in......

The Nanking " Government " Has Announced Its Intention To

abolish likin and the accomplished fact of the imposition of increased surtaxes on goods and tonnage dues, partly to provide compensation for the loss of likin.' The......

The Committee Stage Of The Finance Bill Came To An

end in the House of Commons on Thursday, July 7th, without any serious alterations. The preference on Colonial refined sugar, the subsidy on beet-sugar, and some of the "......

The Japanese Seem To Find Great Difficulty, As We Do,

in reading the signs in China. They have taken the strong measure of ordering 2,000 troops to move from Tsingtao inland to Tsinanfu, the capital of Shantung. Their place at......

The French Chamber Has Been Greatly Exercising Itself...

Electoral Reform Bill and all kinds of obstructive tactics have been used, but the Bill was passed on Tues- day. The Government has shown its preference for the scrutin d'......

Last Week The Minister Of Health Announced In The "house

of Commons that the _ Rent Restrictions Acts would be included in the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill. That is to say, they will remain in force in their present form. Though the......

After Such Long Operation Most Of The Small Dwellings In

the country must be directly or indirectly affected- Certainly one may say that the Acts affect the whole of any " slum area," such as that in Westminster, which we have lately......