16 JUNE 1939, page 2

News Of The Week

T HE international situation is in appearance, if not in reality, markedly less favourable, and all the indica- tions are that it is not in appearance only. The challenge by......

A Check To Federation The Rejection By A Conference Of

Princes and their repre- sentatives in Bombay on Monday of the Instrument of Accession to the new Federal Constitution is a blow to the hopes reasonably entertained of the early......

Air Raid Defence Practically Every Problem Connected With...

dealt with in the Civil Defence Bill, which received its third reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The ques- tion of deep shelters or slighter blast-proof shelters,......

Coal Reorganisation—the Last Phase The Coal Commission...

preparing the way for the carrying out of the last stage of the Coal Mines Act, which must be reached in the form of compulsory, if not voluntary, amalgamations in 5940, and has......

Militia Service And The Universities For A Month Or More

there has been spirited debate in educational circles on the question whether Militia service should come before a University course or after it. The pros and cons have been......

The Japanese Challenge At Tientsin The Japanese Blockade...

British and French Con- cessions at Tientsin differs from the series of provocative actions that have preceded it—such as the killing of Mr. Tinkler and the arrest of Colonel......