19 JULY 1924, page 1

But Something More Than This Was Wanted. He Ad- Vised,

therefore, or has been understood to have advised, that the British Empire should offer a kind of reinsurance 91 to France and Germany over and above this scheme. He said :- "......

Last Week The Liberal Committee Presided Over By Mr. Lloyd

George issued its Report on the coal pro- duction and coal consumption of this country (Coal and Power, Hodder and Stoughton, Is. net). Their most striking proposal, perhaps,......

In An Important Debate On Monday On Foreign Policy Mr.

Asquith made the most concrete proposals for securing French, or rather international, security against war that any English statesman has as yet put forward. He laid down three......

News Of The Week.

T HE London Conference met in the Secretary of State's room at the Foreign Office at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning. Once again the fate of Europe lies on the conference......

Whether These Words Can Really Be Taken To Mean That

the British Empire should become the policeman of the world we leave it for our readers to decide ; but at any rate they make one extremely useful concrete suggestion. The vital......

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