20 JANUARY 1923, page 2

On Tuesday The Prime Minister Received A Deputation From The

General Couneil of the Trades Union Congress, the primary object of which was to urge that an imme- diate meeting of Parliament should be summoned in order to deal with......

Lord Weir's Letter, Shorn Of Inessentials, Is Simply A...

of the employers' case for a further cut in wages—and surely as able and clear a statement as any body of men could wish to have made of their case. Very briefly his points are......

Last Week The Eventful Career Of Constantine Of Greece Came

to an unhappy end in an exile's death. For us the " Tino " of the Great War blotted out the Con- stantine of Janina and Salonika. And yet, seen from a purely Greek point of......

Lord Milner's Articles In The Observer Have Been On Very

different and, so far, much more general lines. They really amount to a discussion and criticism of the Capitalist System as by custom if not by law established in this country.......

Now That The Fall Of The Late Government Has Brought

to an end what an ironic historian, versed in the ephemeral literature of 1918 - 19, will have learnt to call "the period of reconstruction," we are at last beginning coolly to......

Several Curious Little Pieces Of News Have Come From Central

Europe. First, of course, the German situation has reacted unfavourably on Austria, and it looks as if the Chancellor, Dr. Seipel, will not be able to give a very hope- ful......

Mr. Arthur Henderson Has Carried The Newcastle Seat By A

majority of 4,884 votes over the Liberal candidate, Major Barnes. This, however, can hardly be reckoned as a Labour triumph, for Captain Gee, the Unionist candidate, polled only......