20 JANUARY 1939, page 2

Trouble In Jamaica Recent Reports From Jamaica Indicate...

unrest is so intense that a repetition of the troubles of last year is seriously feared. The heavy unemployment in Kingston is being swelled by immigrants from the plantations;......

The Bomb Outrages The Attacks On Electricity Services...

in several areas early this week have been both officially and popularly attributed to members of the I.R.A. Their re- sponsibility has still to be positively proved, but the......

Great Britain's Note To Japan Great Britain's Note To Japan,

published this week, is couched in distinctly firmer language than the British Government has been accustomed to use lately. It wholly rejects Japan's claim, as outlined by......

The Palestine Conference Some Idea Of The Government's...

the impending conference on Palestine is conveyed by Mr. R. A. Butler's speech to the League of Nations Council on Tuesday. Recalling what the existing position is, since the......

Eastern Europe And The Axis The Visit To Berlin This

week of Count Czaky, the Hun- garian Foreign Minister, signalises yet another success for German policy in Eastern Europe. Last week Hungary announced her decision to join the......

The Importance Of Guam The Urgent Demand Of The United

States Navy Board for the fortification of the Pacific island of Guam recalls one of the keenest controversies aroused during the Washington Naval Conference in 1921-2. Guam,......