24 APRIL 1936, page 2

The Cost Of Armaments Mr. Chamberlain Has Done The Country

a service by making it pay out of income for increases in expendi- ture. Of these increases, £42,000,000 goes on armaments, and there could be little justification for regarding......

The League And Abyssinia The Meetings Of The Committee Of

Thirteen and the League Council at Geneva during last week-end yielded no result more momentous than the issue of a "supreme appeal" to Italy to "bring to the settlement of her......

The New Viceroy The Address Broadcast In English And...

by Lord Linlithgow to the people of India on Saturday immediately after his installation as Viceroy has given his term of office an auspicious start. Devoid of con- descension......

France And The Elections On Another . Page Of This Issue

a French Correspondent discusses the prospects for the elections which begin in France next Sunday. The voters are approaching a decision of the utmost importance for themselves......

The State And The Arms Industry The German General Staff

and the American Sehate Committee investigating the manufacture of armaments have come to opposite conclusions on the desirability of nationalising the armaments industry. A......

Confusion_ In Spain Spain Refuses To Settle Down. The Temper

of the workers has been rising in Madrid and is strong enough to carry Senor Azaria with it. The shooting Which took place on Thursday at the funeral of a Civil Guard was......