24 DECEMBER 1921, page 3

M. Briand, The French Premier, With M. Loucheur, His...

of Finance, came to London and began on Monday to confer with the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. According to the Daily Chronicle, Mr. Lloyd George intends......

The Prime Minister Was Asked By A Labour Party Deputation

on Thursday, December 15th, to reduce the demand for repara- tion from Germany. He pointed out in his reply that France had few unemployed because she was striving to restore......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 51 Per Cent.

Nov. 3, 1921 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 911 ; T hursday week, 901 ; a year ago, 81.......

The English And Welsh Railway Companies Announced On...

they would reduce the rates charged for the carriage of coal and coke, lime and limestone, and iron and steel from the New Year. The increase of 100 per cent. in the base rates......

Sir Erie Geddes And His Colleagues On The Economy Com-

mittee appointed last summer have presented their report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. " A. P. N.," in the Daily Chronicle of Friday, December 18th,. stated that the "......

Dr. Wirth, The German Chancellor, Informed The Reparation...

week that Germany could not pay the instal- ments, of £25,000,000 and £12,500,000 respectively, duo in January and February next. Germany had failed to raise a loan in London......

The French Senate, After A Very Long And Heated Debate,

approved, last Saturday morning, of M. Briand's action in resuming diplomatic relations with the Vatican. M. Briand had threatened that he would resign if the majority of the......

We Are Told Further That The Committee Not Unnaturally...

the Labour Ministry as " expensive," and that it would reduce the numbers of the so-called Employment Exchanges, which certainly do not find employment for many people, apart......

Parliament Was Prorogued On Monday Till January 31st. Mr....

said in the House of Commons that it was not thought desirable to wait for the decision of the Sinn Fein assembly on the proposed Treaty. Lord Robert Cecil took the opportunity......

The Washington Conference, On Thursday, December 15th,...

the naval ratio of 5-5-3 between Great Britain, the United States and Japan. Japan is to keep her newest capital ship, the ` Mutsu,' of 40,000 tons ; America is to keep two......

It Is Gratifying To Record The Conclusion Of A Friendly

political and economic agreement between Czecho-Slovakia and Austria. The Czechs are fortunate in their statesmen. President Masaryk has steadily worked for a real peace at home......

The Palestine Arab Delegation Put Their Case Against The...

very clearly in Monday's Times. They quoted the promise of Sir Henry MacMahon to the Sherif of Mecca (the present King of the Hedjaz) in 1915 that Great Britain would " support......