16 NOVEMBER 1929, page 3

General Smuts On World Peace On Saturday Last General Smuts

delivered the second of his Rhodes Memorial Lectures at Oxford, his subject being World Peace. His thoughtful and eloquent survey—with every syllable of which we are in......

The Conversion Loan There Has Been Some Criticism Of The

financial stroke which was described in our City columns last week. Mr. Snowden made a full and satisfactory statement in the House on Tuesday which in our opinion amply......

Bank Rate, 6 Per Cent., Changed •from 61 Per Cent.,

on October 31st, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 991x.d. ; on Wednesday week 991x.d. ; a year ago, 10111x.d. ; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 85 ; on......

Armistice Day The Principal Celebration On Armistice Day,...

as usual at the Cenotaph. The King was absent for the first time, but his place was taken by the Prince of Wales. It seemed there, as everywhere else, that the two minutes'......

The " Spectator " And A Better World As We

announced last week, the Spectator of November 23rd will be no ordinary number. In it we shall sketch in broad outlines what would be, in our opinion, a better England, and......

The Coal Crisis There Is A Ray Of Light In

the coal situation. The rest is darkness, or—shall we say ?—the Government has not yet hit upon any infallible means of dispelling the mists. A most encouraging sign of......

Unemployment Insurance On Tuesday Miss Bondfield...

the House of Commons the Bill to amend the Unemploy- ment Insurance Acts. It is understood that Mr. Snowden could not be prevailed upon to provide more money. Some of his......