18 SEPTEMBER 1920, page 3

We Notice That The Irish Times Professes Some Alarm On

the ground that " the official recognition of the Northern Volunteers, or of any large number of them, would complete the unhappy marshalling of Ireland into two armed camps. If......

Germany Has Deliberately Violated The Provisions Of The...

respecting the Kiel Canal by forbidding the passage of ships carrying munitions to Poland. Article 380 of the Treaty says that " The Kiel Canal and its approaches shall be main-......

The Four Egyptian Delegates Who Have Returned To Egypt To

describe the Milner scheme of self-government have made known their views at various meetings and in discussion with members of the Legislature and with the Press. The Cairo......

The Strikes In The Italian Metal Industry Have Taken A

curious form. Instead of leaving the factories because the employers could not pay the higher wages demanded, the workmen have barricaded themselves in the factories and made a......

The Indian National Congress, By A Majority Of More Than

two to one, has carried Mr. Gandhi's resolution refusing to co-operate in the Montagu scheme of government for India. Of course, if the new scheme were really to be boycotted it......

On The Other Hand, The Correspondent Says, There Are Many

who confess their satisfaction and admit that the scheme " meets quite ninety per cent. of their real desires." The cries of " Vive l'Angleterre I " when the four delegates......

General Haldane, Favoured By The Cooler Weather And...

by reinforcements from India, appears to be restoring order in Mesopotamia. Two columns, working from Baghdad and from Persia, have cleared the railway up the Dials valley to......

The Republican Party Won The State Elections In Maine On

Tuesday by exceptionally heavy majorities. As Maine, unlike other States, holds its elections in September, the contest is always looked upon as foreshadowing the result of the......

The Ministry Of Agriculture's Monthly Report Shows That...

has been disappointing. At the end of June nearly everybody expected an unusually heavy corn crop, but the expectation was disappointed by the appalling wetness of July and the......

The Government Have Decided To Appoint A Special...

for North-East Ulster. This move is welcome as a new declaration on the part of the Government that the Protestant and Unionist block has as good a right to self- determination......

Bank Rate, 7 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

Apr. 15, 1920; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 84/ ; Thursday week, 85; a year ago, 941.......