19 FEBRUARY 1937, page 2

French Prices In A Broadcast Speech On Saturday M. Blum,

the French Prime Minister, showed himself well aware that his Govern- ment's social policy may be wrecked by the rise in prices. So far the Government's expectation that,......

Army And Diet In Japan General Hayashi's New Cabinet In

Japan, formed with the approval of the military authorities who had laid their ban on General Ugaki's proposed administration, is in being, but no one is likely to rate its......

The Lords On Colonies While The House Of Commons Was

debating the defence proposals on Wednesday the House of Lords was engaged in discussing an important motion by Lord Noel Buxton on the subject of colonies. The motion advocated......

Herr Hitler And Church Government Herr Hitler's Decree...

for a new Church Synod in Germany has come as a surprise, and means what it may prove to mean. The Confessional Church has been justified in the resoluteness of its stand for......

Balkan Diplomacy It Is Very Natural For King Carol And

the Rumanian Govern- ment to resent the action of the diplomats of six countries in attending the funeral of two members of an illegal and terrorist organisation—the Iron Guard.......

Finland, Berlin And Moscow The Election Of M. Kyoti Kallio,

the right-wing Agrarian Prime Minister, as President of Finland on Monday, was a defeat for the pro-German and anti-Soviet policy of the retiring President, Du Svinhufvud ; it......