17 JUNE 1938, page 2

Hours And Wages In The U.s.a.

The adoption on Tuesday of the Wages and Hours Bill by both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate is of considerable importance, not only for its social and......

War By Opium The Japanese Are Not Content To Bring

on China the misery of war and its consequences—flood, fire and pestilence ; they are intent also in encouraging the drug traffic, on a scale which is a menace not only to China......

* * * The Czechoslovak Elections In One Important Respect

the municipal elections in Czecho- slovakia have greatly strengthened the Government's position. The victory of the National coalition over Father Hlinka's Slovak Autonomist......

The West Indies The Labour Troubles In The West Indies

have served their purpose. In an admirable speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald, announced the immediate appointment of a......

* * Bombs Or Roads ?

In view of discussions on bombing on the North-West Frontier of India, the latest report of the Commander-in- Chief in India on the operations in Waziristan, in the last three......

Bombs, Floods And Plague The Horrors Of The War In

China have by now become almost indescribable. Death continues to fall from the air ; Canton has been bombed regularly in the last week in the effort to break the spirit of the......

* * * * -german " Firmness " The Speech

delivered on Sunday by Herr Hess, the Deputy Leader of the National Socialist Party, in the presence of Herr Hider is described in a message from Berlin as having created the......