23 FEBRUARY 1924, page 2

The News With Regard To The Relations Of France And

Germany has been both good and bad during the week. In the earlier part of the week the people of the Palatinate were confident that they had been delivered from the Separatist......

The Attack Has, Therefore, Fallen For The Most Part On

Mr. Denby, the Secretary for the Navy. A fortnight ago the Senate demanded from President Coolidge that Mr. Denby should be dismissed. The President, in a high- spirited reply,......

* * * * The Papers Of Wednesday Announced That

the Cabinet had decided to appoint Colonel Wedgwood, whose duties as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster are not excessive, to be Chief Civil Commissioner for the purpose of......

Behind Any Improvement Or Change In French Policy There Is,

of course, the haunting and driving fear of financial failure which is spreading throughout France. This fear is kept very much alive by the slump of the franc, which on Tuesday......

We Shall Not Go Into The Numerous Accusations And...

but we cannot help reflecting on the changes and chances of political life, when we recall the particular misfortune of Mr. McAdoo, the late Presi- dent Wilson's son-in-law. Mr.......

The Oil Scandals In America May Possibly Transform The Whole

course of the Presidential Election. Intense political passions have been aroused. The character of any public man even in the remotest degree assailable has been assailed. It......

On Monday Night The Minister Of Labour Announced That He

had appointed a Court of Inquiry under Part 2 of the Industrial Courts Act of 1919, to inquire into the causes and circumstances of the dispute and to report thereon. The Court......

It Is Curious How Little Notice Was Taken At The

time of the transactions which have since caused such a hubbub. It was in the spring of 1921, when President Harding had been only a short time in office, that Mr. Fall, the......

On Monday Night The Cabinet Issued A Warning Against "

profiteering." Information had reached the Cabinet that the prices of meat and other kinds of food were being raised from 331 per cent. to 50 per cent. " There is no reason,"......