1 APRIL 1938, page 2

The South African Protectorates The Governing Fact...

protectorates of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland is that the British Government, under whose tutelage they now are, is pledged to transfer them sooner or later to the......

France In Turmoil M. Blum's Government Is, As Usual, Once

again facing defeat. Last week the Senate rejected his financial bills, after vicious personal attacks on him. He is now preparing a new financial programme, of which nothing is......

China's Successes Chinese Accounts Of Their Victories In...

week may be exaggerated ; indeed their claims have already been slightly modified. Yet they are, in general, confirmed by reliable correspondents, and it is certain that a......

Oil And Silver The Conciliatory Comments Of The American...

Depart- ment on the situation in Mexico have not prevented strong action to defend American rights. Severe economic pressure has been put on the Mexican Government by America's......

" For Military Purposes " A Five-line Paragraph In Tuesday's

Times is potentially as important as anything in the paper. It records that Mr. Harold Ickes, the Secretary of the Interior in the United States, has forbidden the export of......

Arms Profits The Government's Conversations With The...

and workers in the armaments industry con- tinue ; the next step is to be a meeting with officials of the Amalgamated Engineering Union next week. The problem is to secure a......

The Evasion Of Taxes The Publicity Given By This And

other journals to the exten t to which tax-evasion is at present being carried on without actual breaches of the law seems likely to have the desired effect, and there is little......