22 AUGUST 1925, page 1

There Is, Of Course, A Great Deal Of Truth In

such argu- ments, but they must not be made an excuse for any indifference or complacency on the part of the British .Government. In our view the necessary thing is to get back......

. But We Have The Satisfaction Of Knowing In Advance

that M. Caillaux relates the state of credit which his country hopes to oajoy to her ability to meet external debts. It has beetk said that when the French financial experts......

M. Caillaux Has Arranged To Come To London Next Week,

and it is expected that this time there will be fruitful negotiations about the French debt. The French leaders no longer think it possible to evade pay- ment; there have been......

News Of The Week T He Chinese `government— That Is To

say those who are in power at Peking though their writ runs but a short way — have invited the Powers to a Tariff Conference In accordance with the Washington Treaty. It is pro-......

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