25 NOVEMBER 1938, page 2

News Of The Week

T HE Anglo-French conversations, which it was anticipated would deal mainly with defence problems and the Spanish situation, are only on the point of beginning as these lines......

The Future Of Ruthenia It Is Not Yet Certain What

the future of the autonomous State of Ruthenia will be. At present, it gives Germany a valuable spearhead against Poland and the Soviet Union, with their large Ukrainian......

Crisis In France The Opposition To M. Reynaud's Financial...

almost prevented the visit of Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax to Paris this week. When the Finance Committee of the Chamber met on Tuesday, hostility to the decrees was so......

Unity In Australia The Decision To Formulate Amendments...

Australian Constitution, which will result in the Commonwealth adopting a more unified system of government, has much to commend it, but it is certain that it will meet with......

The New Czechoslovakia The Partition Of Czechoslovakia Is...

By an agreement signed on Monday the northern half of the country, above the narrow neck at Briinn, becomes a Czech enclave in Germany. The Czechs have ceded new territories,......

The Ministry Of Supply Despite Mr. Churchill's Demand For A

" healthy growl ' from the Conservative benches, the Liberal Opposition '; amendment to the Address asking for a Ministry of Suppl - was overwhelmingly defeated. Yet the Prime......