1 JANUARY 1921, page 11

The Indian National Congress, Which Is Now Attended Only By

the wilder native politioians, was opened on Sunday with a characteristic address by a Madras Nationalist, Mr. Achariar. He denounced Mr. Gandhi's " non co-operation " scheme,......

Great Britain And France, On December 23rd, Agreed Upon A

frontier between the mandate-territory of Syria gn the one hand and the mandate-territories of Palestine and. Mesopotamia on the other. Northern Palestine will extend on the......

Parliament Was Prorogued On Thursday, December 23rd, To...

The House of Commons sat through Wednesday night to Thursday afternoon, debating the Lords' amendments to the Agriculture Bill, to which a few Inde- pendent Liberals and Mr.......

Sir Percy Cox, The High Commissioner For Mesopotamia, ....

last week that the provisional native Council of State had begun its work. Alder Pasha, Minister of Defence, was , considering the question of enrolling an Arab army, so that......

Sir Robert Horne, In The House Of Commons On Wednesday,

December 22nd, described the negotiations which had taken' place for trading with the Bolsheviks. The Government had,, he said, laid down their conditions on July 7th last, but......

The King's Speech At The Prorogation Of Parliament...

hope that trade might shortly reopen with Rusaia and that this might lead to peace in Eastern Europe. " is of the highest importance, however, that Poland and her neighbours......

The Select Committee On The Remuneration Of Ministers, In...

report issued last week, proposed that the Prime Minister should be paid a salary of £8,000, instead of £5,000, in ecni- sideration of his increased burdens and......

The Select Committee On Telephone Charges Reported Last...

favour of the much higher scale of charges proposed by the Post Office. In London, for example, the installation rent of £5 is to be raised to £8 10s., and each local 'call will......

The Prime Minister, Speaking Later In The Debate,...

situation in the Near East. He said that the Allies were not ptepared to negotiate with Mustapha Kemal, the Turkish insurgent leader. It was possible that Mustapha Kemal might......

Bank Rate, 7 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

Apr. 15, 1920; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 821; Thursday week, 811; a year ago, 911.......