22 AUGUST 1931, page 2

France And Germany The Tentative Conversations Between...

and the German Chancellor, initiated in London; have been continued, though M. Briand's illness will prevent him and M. Laval from visiting Berlin until after the League Council......

Nothing Is Reported To Have Come Of President Chiang...

second investigation of the disappearance of Mr. Thorburn. It will be unfortunate indeed if the Chinese Government's conduct in this affair does harm to her relations with the......

Spain's Draft Constitution A Second Draft Constitution,...

radical type than the first, has been laid before the Spanish Cortes. The Republic is to be a unitary State, but is to allow autonomy to those provinces which want it—especially......

* * German Finance The General Situation In Germany Now

seems more hopeful. The international bankers' conference at Basle had some difficulty in arranging for the extension of the short-term credits which Germany needs, but......

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The Indian Conference Twenty-seven Indian delegates to the resumed Round Table Conference sailed from Bombay last Saturday. Two days earlier Mr. Gandhi had changed his mind and......

China When We Write, The Latest Reports Indicate That The

Yangtse is still rising. The situation in the immense valley, through which the river winds—or wound— between embankments which centuries of reinforcement have virtually......

France And Reparations Meanwhile M. Flandrin, The Finance...

made clear the French view of the problem of repara- tions and war debts, the other essential factor in the rehabilitation of Germany and of Europe, in a statement in the Echo......

Ireland The Peace That Has Long Prevailed In Ireland Was

rudely disturbed in the past week by fanatical outbreaks on either side of the Free State border. On Wednesday, August 12, a body of men said to belong to the " Irish Republican......