17 JANUARY 1925, page 2

The Unofficial Discussions In Paris About Inter-allied...

only the vaguest of rumours. It is reported that Mr. Churchill would like to have a conference on the whole subject, and we hope that the report is true —on one condition......

The Situation In The Balkans Is Causing Considerable...

usual it is of extreme complexity. Nationalist rivalries are shot across by the menace of a class struggle, and over all looms the shadow of Russia. For it must be remembered......

Surely There Can Be No Possibility Now Of Going Through

a similar melancholy and humiliating farce in connexion with inter-Allied debts. Here again Mr. Churchill is on the right lines if it is true that he has repeated the Curzon......

An Event Of Great Importance In America Is The Retire-

ment of Mr. Hughes, who for four years has been re- sponsible for American foreign policy. He has been able and firm, but he has also been cautious. He never went ahead of......

Britain Had Neither Made Nor Contemplated Any Inter-...

the internal affairs of Bulgaria and Jugo-Slavia. The unfortunate part of the situation seems to be that through grave mishandling the Agrarian movement and the Croatian......

It Cannot Be Said That The Situation In Italy Is

anything but disquieting. 'It is 'true that the intensity of the Opposition's campaign against the Fascist regime has diminished, but it would seem that this has been effected......

We Frankly Profess Our Sympathy With The View That As

all the Allies contributed their maximum of effort in the War it is reasonable to acknowledge that human lives and devastated areas can be set off against loans of money. We......

It Has Not Yet Been Found Possible To %form - A

new Government in Germany. Dr. Luther, the Minister of Finance, is attempting. to build up a provisional non- Party Administration. He is quite willing to place some......

Politically The Situation Is Unchanged. The Opposition...

tendency to be willing to come down to the Chamber, and the deadlock is complete. Meanwhile Signor Mussolini has apparently had second thoughts on his new Electoral Law, and it......