19 FEBRUARY 1927, page 3

, The Times Or Wednesday Published A Letter From Lord

Rosebery who asked for information about Mr. Lloyd . George's Political Fund. What was its source ? " It surely," says Lord Rosebery, " cannot be the sale of the Royal Honours.......

Let Us Offer Our Congratulations To Our Esteemed...

the Eton College Chronicl?, which reached its two-thousandth number on Wednesday, February 9th. In an interview in the Sunday Tinter, Mr. R. A. Austen-Leigh pointed out that the......

The Scheme Which The Committee Presents Is Not To Be

put into force until the Fund has been made sol- vent by special measures. The coal dispute added £14,000,000 to the debt of the Fund. The total debt now amounts to £21,000,000,......

• The Report Is Full Of Good Sense From End

to end. It -not only emphasizes the necessity of a spirit of responsibility, but warns the nation that preoccupation with the task of providing for unemployment must never......

Answers Of The Obvious And Conventional Sort Have Already...

issued from Liberal headquarters to Lord Rosebery's challenge. It is said that Mr. Lloyd George's Fund was raised just as Unionist Funds have always been raised, and as the......

• * • * The Attempts To Negotiate The German-polish

Trade Treaty have, temporarily at all events, been a bandoned. The two countries have not been able to agree abot■t the rights of domicile and expulsion and so, as the result of......

Nothing Has Given Us More Satisfaction In The Last Few

months than" the Report of the Committee on rnernPloyment Instil:mice which Was published last week. The Committee was presided over by Lord Blanesburgh and included, members of......

The Net Result Of The Committee's Investigations Is That The

principle of a contributory scheme which brings the State, employers, and wage-earners into partnership is confirmed. The Committee says that employment against insurance should......

Sonic Benefits Are To Be Reduced And Others Increased, But

a feature of the scheme is the special treatment and training recommended for boys and girls between the ages of 18 and 21. It is recognized that the result of paying these......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.,

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) vt as on Wednesday 1011 ; on Wednesday week 1011 ; a year ago 10i8. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 87f ; on Wednesday......