18 SEPTEMBER 1936, page 2

Whitehall And Washington There Is Little To Be Said For

raking up old history for its own sake. But the history of the past may often have profitable lessons to impart to the statesmen of the future. That is certainly the case with......

The Voice Of Maine The Republican Rejoicing Over The Maine

results is altogether natural, but it will be tempered by a recog- nition of the general facts as presented during the conclud- ing weeks of the Presidential campaign. " As......

Germany And The Locarno Powers The Prospect Of The Meeting

of the five Locarno Powers recedes. The idea of the meeting, it will be recalled, arose out of Herr Hitler's proclamation and action of March 7th. There has, therefore, already......

Johannesburg Jubilee Johannesburg Reaches Its Jubilee...

period when the high price of gold has carried it to a maximum prosperity ; and the great exhibition opened there on Tuesday by Lord Clarendon, the Governor-General of the......

Next Week At Geneva Great Britain Has Sent To Geneva

no proposals for the reform of the League of Nations, but the British delegation, presumably through the mouth of Mr. Eden, will lay its ideas verbally before the Assembly,......

The Little Entente's Cohesion

The half-yearly conference of the three Little Entente Powers at Bratislava during last week-end was of unusual importance. The three States between them can claim to rank as,......