22 AUGUST 1931, page 3

Abyssinian Slavery The Anti-slavery Society, Supported By...

has scored a notable success in inducing the Abyssinian ruler to open a school for freed slaves at Addis Ababa, his • capital. In a letter to the Society the Emperor, Ras......

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......

Herr Schaller Kanchenjunga, The Attack Upon Which Has So Far

been remarkably free from the fatalities which threaten such enterprises, has now caused the death of two members of the German expedition, Herr Schaller, a new member of the......

The Patriarch Of Jerusalem His Beatitude Daumianos...

Jerusalem, who died on August 14th at the age of eighty-two, had had a stormy career since he was elected to the office in 1897. For he had to hold his own in the bitter......

Lieut. C. L. Brinton The Development Of The Fast Seaplane

for the Schneider Trophy race has cost yet another valuable young life. On Tuesday night at Calshot, Lieutenant G. L. Brinton, R.N., who had been chosen for this year's British......

The American " Oil War " The Centre Of Hostilities

in the American " Oil War " has shifted from Oklahoma to East Texas. The Governor of Texas has followed the example of the Governor of Oklahoma by proclaiming martial law in the......

Bank Rate 41 Per Cent., Changed From 31 Per Cent.

on July 80th, 1931. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100 if ; on Wednesday week, 1011 ; a year ago, 10811. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 921 ; on Wednesday......

Saving The Countryside The Thirty-sixth Annual Report Of...

Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty makes encouraging reading. In the past year both public opinion and Parliamentary action have combined to further, and in......