19 NOVEMBER 1927, page 2

Last Week Sir John Simon, The Chairman Of The Commission,

sent to his constituents an admirably simple yet cogent summary of the reasons why he felt it his duty to go to India. His views about the work of the Commission ought to have......

In The House Of.commons On Thursday, November 10th, The...

Insurance Bill was read a second time: We fear that unless the Government modify it before the Committee stage is reached the country will be committed to a quite unnecessary......

* * * * The One Criticism Of The Government

which is common to all Parties is that though the Government have done the right thing they ought to have explained much more carefully in advance the technical reasons for......

The Final Split Between Stalin, The Head Of The Soviet,

and the Opposition conducted by Trotsky, Zinovieff and others, has come sooner than was expected. A fissure had been opening for a long time, but it was not thought that Trotsky......

The Riga Correspondent Of The Times Says That Trotsky And

Zinovieff, as a result of expulsion from the Party, are deprived of all political rights. They must leave their privileged dwellings in the kremlin and submit to the special......

To The British Observer It Seems That The Government's Case

has been made so clear that it cannot be misunder- stood. Even so it is important to remember that India is not England. We wonder whether it has occurred to the Indian......

It Would Not Matter So Much If Finance Were The

only matter in whit.h the Government have thrown over the Blanesburgh Committee. They have not yet even decided whether they will act on the important sugges- tion that the......

One Discouraging Sign Is That The Hindu Liberals, Led By

Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, have joined with the Swarajists in advocating a boycott. On Tuesday, in the House of Lords, Lord Birkenhead suggested that there should be a debate in......