17 AUGUST 1929, page 1

Let Us Change The Scene To Scotland On Saturday. The

Prime Minister had an interview with the Governor of the Bank of England and Mr. Lamont, one of the American financiers who signed the Young Report in Paris. What passed we do......

On Thursday Of Last Week The Finance Committee Met. Mr.

Snowden stated the British case again with unabated vigour, and declared that " we cannot compromise." Thus he seemed to be bringing the Conference a step nearer to an end * and......

On Saturday And Sunday The People Of Good Will (and

we suspect that the Conference owes especial gratitude to Belgian and Japanese Delegates) were seeking to make peace. M. Briand did not encourage them, by issuing a statement,......

News Of The Week

The Hague TH E Hague Conference has now been sitting for more than a week. We applauded the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his frank opening of the British case. The country is......

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