17 JANUARY 1931, page 1

The Vicissitudes In The Conference Are So Rapid—there Are...

alternations of confidence and doubt—that it is impossible for those who are normally optimistic, as we are not ashamed to be, to say more than that the main achievements of the......

Lord Sankey's Draft Next Discusses The Reservations To...

which must be made in the transition stage. The Governor-General will be respon- sible for defence and foreign relations. Of course, his revenue must be secured for the conduct......

On Tuesday There Was An Unpleasant Set-back To The...

when it appeared that the Hindus and Moslems were not so near to an agreement about the protection of minorities as they seemed to be last week. In the Federal Structure......

We Do Not Know Whether The Federal Sub-committee, 'or Lord -

Sankey, has contemplated the possibility of having, at first at all events, a Constitution like' that of the United States. There is a good deal to be said for sonic such......

News Of The Week

The Round Table Conference T HERE are hitches in the work of the Round Table Conference when we write on Thursday, but even the most disappointing delays should not be confused......

As For The Two-chamber Legislature, The Upper Chamber, It Is

suggested, might be described as the Senate, and it would not be subject to dissolution like the Lower House. A fixed proportion of its members would be replaced at regular......

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