17 AUGUST 1929, page 2

Milk A Conflict Between The Food Council And The Boarci

of Trade on the one hand, and the representatives of the Milk retailers on the other, follows hard upon the controversy on the price of flour, and upon the Council's report on......

The Price Of Bread An Analysis Of Bread Prices, Which

forms the subject of a special Report, was issued by the Food Council on Tuesday, August 6th. The present price of 9d. per 4 lb., it appears, comes within the maximum figure......

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,......

* * Cotton When We Wrote Last Week About The

cotton dispute we foreshadowed some provisional settlement by recourse to arbitration. Such a settlement is not yet assured, but events are still moving in this direction. On......

In The Meantime, The Political Committee, Presided Over...

British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has worked harmoniously. Mr. Henderson is supported 'by Sir Eric Phipps and Mr. Philip Baker on behalf of this country. Probably......

* * * The Balkans Last April We Thought That

the kingdoms of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and of Bulgaria had come to a reason- able agreement over the troubles on their frontier. A Conference was held at Pirot, and a......

The Sinews Of Peace International Financiers Are, No...

their webS in the approved style in the wingS of the Hague theatre. No one outside a lunatic asylum will suggest that to-day they are working for war. We call attention to this......