21 APRIL 1923, page 1

The Immediate Personal Interest Which The Budget Has For The

man in the street temporarily deprives him of his sense of proportion. This fact, combined with the contempt bred of familiarity, has, during the week, driven the Franco-German......

Thus A Certain Optimism Prevailed At The Time When The

Franco-Belgian Conference between MM. Jaspar, Theunis and Poincare opened. The momentary vision of peace was, however, soon obscured by the official announcement the next day.......

News Of The Week.

T HE Budget—an excellent one—was introduced on Monday. We deal with it in our leading columns. Here we merely chronicle that the chief reductions in taxation are : Income Tax......

The Budget At Any Rate Has Been A Personal Success

for Mr. Baldwin. His clear, decisive, yet unpretentious way of speaking is almost ideal both to impress the House of Commons and to present a financial statement. Mr. Baldwin is......

The So-called " Chester Concession " Is Creating Remark-...

entanglements between France, America and Turkey. The Angora Parliament has granted full powers to Dr. Chester to undertake vast works of construction in Anatolia. A network of......