22 JUNE 1929, page 2

The Coal Problem It Is Generally Agreed That The New

Government will stand or fall by its handling of the coal problem. The Government is bound by a pledge to the Miners' Federa- tion that the " reactionary " Eight Hours Act shall......

The I.l.o. Confere Ice The Debates Of The International...

Conference this year have been marked by a new, and not unwelcorne, frankness. Last week an Australian employers' delegate drew upon his country's experience to utter a warning......

A Rationaliiation Conference The International Institute...

- Geneva fails to get its share_ of the limelight which plitys on the work of the League . itself. Yet as a labor ratory for what we now all 'call " rationalization " it must......

The League Of Nations The Session Of The Council Of

the League of Nations , at Madrid is ended. We have no doubt that some good has been done by the discussion of the question of " Minorities," but a rapid progress is not to be......

Reparations We Are Extremely Glad To Say That The First

step has been taken in Paris towards the acceptance of the Report of the Experts Committee on Reparations.- The Council of Ministers has approved the proposals unanimously. It......

Ethics Of -journalism That The Unsolved Minorities...

" menace to Europe "—perhaps the most deadly of all—we -are all agreed. Yet when one of our most important Sunday newspapers publishes an article with that title, over the......

- He Quoted Burke's Saying, That Reason Is But A Part

and by no means the greater part of human nature, and he applied it to naval discussions. The naval officer's bare duty, .apart from any professional enthusiasm, is to defend......