17 NOVEMBER 1928, page 3

With Part Of What Mr. Lloyd George Said About France

we can agree, but we should be shirking the problem as it really is, in order to deal with a problem which does not and may never exist, if we followed him in arguing as though......

. When Mr. Lloyd George On An English Platform Makes

similar accusations of obliquity and reaction against the Government, allowances are made for his party spirit ; but in America an ex-Prime Minister is taken literally. This is......

The Eruption Of Etna, Which Began On November 2nd, Has

been unusually prolonged, and the toll of destruction is one of the heaviest on record. Catania has not been destroyed as in the great eruption of 1698, but several villages......

At Kyoto, Last Saturday, The Emperor Of Japan Entered Upon

his enthronement ceremonies with all the long, strict, and ancient rites of his dynasty. In the morning he announced his enthronement to the spirits of his one hundred and......

M. Poincare Has Succeeded In Forming A New Govern- Ment.

Although there will be no Socialist-Radical Ministers, some members of the Socialist-Radical Party who were disgusted by the manoeuvre at the Angers Conference (by which the......

Mr. Baldwin Embedded In His Speech At The Lord Mayor's

banquet on Friday, November 9th, a charac- teristic passage, in which he prophesied an immense usefulness for wireless in bringing about understanding between nations. He......

The Liberal Amendment To The Address Which Was Moved By

Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Commons on TuesdaY aroused arguments on the Anglo-French compromise which are so familiar that we need not follow them closely. Mr. Lloyd George......

The Loss Of The Lamport And Holt Liner Vestris,' Which

foundered in the Atlantic on Monday, the day after leaving New York for Buenos Aires, shows that science, though it has made the seas much safer, cannot always bring rescue. The......

Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Tuesday 101 fr. ; on Wednesday week 101f t ; a year ago 1001x.d. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Tuesday 891 ; on Wednes-......