24 JULY 1926, page 1

News Of The Week

I N France the Governments of M. Briand and M. Herriot have fallen. We mentioned last week an ominously narrow majority in a crucial division in the Chamber. On Saturday M.......

On Friday, July 16th, He Put Before The Finance Committee

of the Chamber his proposals for "Special Powers." This amounted to a demand that the Govern- ment might legislate by decree until November 30th Hi financial affairs. Among......

The Prospects Of The New Government Were As Dis- Couraging

as could well be. The franc continued to fall and the Parisian Press, when not violently abusive, offered the coldest of cold comfort. The group of M. Louis Mann which did so......

On Saturday The Chamber Met Again. The Govern- Ment Put

forward its motion for the special powers in the same form in which it had presented it to the Finance Committee and without the slight modifications recom- mended by the......

We Mentioned Last Week The Appearance Of The Indus- Trial

Christian Fellowship upon the scene of the Coal Dispute. While we might cold-bloodedly doubt their worldly wisdom, we wholly admire their motives, courage and determination to......

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