25 APRIL 1925, page 14

The Presidential Campaign In Germany Is Very Con- Fusing....

Marshal von Hindenburg, who has allowed himself to be put forward by the Nationalists but who is notoriously no politician, has adopted the method of saying as little as he......

* * * * . When M. Painleve Met The

Chamber on Tuesday he read a declaration of policy in which he attached chief importance to preserving the security of France and the balancing of the Budget. Nothing else......

The Baiting Of M. Caillaux Began When M. Charles Bertrand

asked what M. Caillaux was doing in . the Chamber. He recalled the great " defeatist " intrigue of 1917, traced M. Cail]aux's connexion with it and reminded the Chamber how in......

The Government, As We Said Last Week, Are Seriously...

Sir Alfred Mond's scheme for diverting the dole so as to subsidize wages in certain depressed industries. Sir Alfred Mond has issued a pamphlet explaining his scheme in full. We......

When Hindenburg Is Asked Whether He Agrees With The Proposal

that Germany should guarantee the per- manence of her western frontier, he is still unilluminating. He answers, truly enough, that this is the business not of a President but of......

The Danger Is That Competition Would Soon Arise In Getting

State-aided labour because it is the cheapest labour. Recognizing that danger, Sir Alfred Mond pro- noses that the dole should be handed over to an industry as a whole—say the......

He Promised That In The Budget For 1926 Expenditure Would

be covered by taxation. The unchecked issue of short-term securities would not be allowed to continue. When the balancing of the Budget had been achieved the Government would......

Violence Is Still The Endemic Method Of Settling Disputes In

the Balkans. Political vendettas have been pursued murderously of late in Bulgaria, and last week was marked by a happily unsuccessful effort to assassinate from ambush the......