19 JANUARY 1924, page 2

The Loss Of The Submarine ' L.24-' Off Portland On

the night of Thursday, the 10th, was one of the worst naval disasters that have occurred in recent years. The sub- marine was rammed by the ' Resolution " during man- oeuvres,......

Mr. Baldwin Had A Simple Task In Defending The Charac-

ter of the King's Speech. " It is the constitutional duty of the Government to meet the House of Commons and to take its verdict on proposals which they think would improve the......

The First Parliamentary Elections Of Independent Egypt...

held. They have resulted in one of the most complete and overwhelming electoral vic- tories of our time. The state of the parties—with 39 results still to come when we write—is......

The Risk That The Country May Find Itself Faced With

a r4ilway strike during the Week-end is still grave. now seems certain, however, that the strike, if it comes, will be confined to the Associated Societies of Loco- • motive......

Paris Has Been Much Excited During The Week By The

downward plunge of the franc. In the middle of the week the rate of exchange was just over 98 to the pound. No wonder that Frenchmen are alarmed and that the position of the......

Both Unionists And Liberals Have Protested For Many...

and earnestly, against the deliberate preaching of class-hatred by many of the representatives of Labour. There is no room for any such thing as class hatred ; we all stand or......

It Was Hardly On Moral Grounds, However, That Mr. Jones

protested, for with engagingly frank cynicism he declared that he believed in the principle of " the spoils to the victors." " We claim the right to make the appointments," he......

Mr. Ramsay Macdonald Described The King's Speech As Being...

" the stock in trade of a penny bazaar." Most of the items, he thought, had been borrowed from the Labour Party. But his real reason for wishing the Government to go was that "......

* * * * We Can Only Add A Few

words in deprecation of the criticism that what is happening in France is a warning to us against " the dangers of inflation," and therefore " against departing from the gold......