21 JULY 1939, page 2

* * * * Naval Precautions In The House Of

Commons last week the Prime Minister announced amid cheers that 12,000 Naval Reservists will be called up on July 31st and that Reserve ships will take part in the combined......

Credits For Allies The Export Credits Agreements With...

Greece were signed last week ; they cover a total amount of Z7,5oo,000, of which £5,500,000 is for Rumania and £2,000,000 for Greece. The agreements take the form of a British......

Staff Talks In Warsaw General Sir Edmund Ironside, The...

of the Overseas Forces, arrived in Warsaw on Monday on a four-day visit, during which he discussed with Poland's military and political leaders measures to co-ordinate her......

* * * * The Answer To I.r.a.

The real defence of the Bill introduced by the Home Secretary on Wednesday to strengthen his hands in dealing with I.R.A. terrorists is that when a body of lawless men declares......

* * * * Coal In War-time On Monday Mr.

Geoffrey Lloyd outlined the Govern- ment's proposals for the control of coal consumption in time of war. There is a thoroughness about these measures which suggests that the......

Mr. Roosevelt Loses The Decision Of President Roosevelt...

cannot press his neutrality proposals on the Senate this session with any hope of success must be deplored as much by the President himself as it will be everywhere in this......

Rearmament Finance It Was Inevitable That The Defence...

£580,000,000, in Sir John Simon's Budget would be exceeded in the course of the financial year ; but the Supplementary Estimates of Liso,000,000 have surpassed expectations.......