22 JANUARY 1921, page 2

A Sinn Fein Gang Attempted, Early On Saturday, January 15th,

to set fire to the great stores of the Vacuum Oil Company beside Wandsworth . Bridge. Fortunately, they were interrupted by a policeman before they could start a blaze among the......

Mr. Harding, Who Will Become President Of The United States

on March 4th, has given two important indications of his future policy. He stated last week that he " would assume power with a determination• to strive for the reduction of......

Each Day Still Sees Some Foul Crime Committed By The

Sinn Feiners in Ireland. Two policemen were ambushed and shot dead near Limerick on January 13th. Mr. McGrath, K.C., a moderate Nationalist, was murdered in his house in Dublin......

The Board Of Trade Announced On Thursday That The Index

Figure of retail prices on January 1st was 165, four points below the figure for December 1st and eleven points below the figure for November 1st, the highest yet recorded. The......

The Labour Politicians Continue To Denounce The...

that employers should keep all their men employed for part of the week instead of "dismissing some of them. In the notice of a Labour conference to be held next week it is......

Unemployment In America Has Assumed Far Greater Propor-...

in Great Britain. According to the Times there are over 2,000,000 men out of work. The dollar has appreciated so greatly in terms of francs, lire, and marks that Europe cannot......

Lord Cave's Commission Reported On Thursday That The...

would have been entitled to £4,435;225 if it had ceased to administer Southern Rhodesia on March 31st, 1918. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had decided that the......

M. Briand On Sunday Took Office In Succession To M.

Leygues as Premier of France. M taoul Peret, the President of the Chamber, failed to form t Ministry because M. Briand and M. Poineare both wanted the Foreign Office. M. Briand......

No True Englishman Will Be Able To Read Without The

warmest admiration for. Major G. H. Putnam the accounts in American newspapers which have just reached us of his encounters with Sinn Fein interrupters and meeting-breakers.......

The French Courts On Thursday, January 13th, Ordered That...

General Confederation of Labour should be dissolved, and fined its chief officials. The Confederation was found guilty not only of infringing the French law of associations on......