24 JANUARY 1914, page 7

An Economic Tragedy.

H UMANITY has prayed for plenty since the beginning of recorded time. Yet everywhere we find schemes for the limitation of supply, and therefore for the nega- tMn of plenty,......

Safety At Sea.

T HE Convention drawn up by the International Con- ference on Safety of Life at Sea and signed on Tuesday is a document which deserves something more than a passing salutation.......