26 FEBRUARY 1927, page 1

It Is Fair To Say Now That The Capital Levy

has received a mortal blow. Probably we shall hear little more about it. Although the Colwyn Committee publishes a Minority 'as well as a Majority Report, the Labour......

News •of The Week On Wednesday The Government Presented A

Note _ . to the : Soviet protesting' against the Bolshevist oliey of maliciously scheming 'against Great Britain II all parts of the world. Sir Austen Chamberlain's ist of......

Turning To The Floating Debt The Majority Recommend That...

be steadily reduced. As for the conversion of Debt, they think that all future loans ought to be issued at a figure not 'appreciably below par, and they condemn the practice of......

It Need Not Be Said That . The Note Is

justified. A inch heavier charge . would be justified. The only raetical. question - is one of expediency. and usefulness. Ve doubt whether sending -a frenzied organization to......

Lord Colwyn's Committee On The National Debt And...

has sat for nearly three years, has published its Report, and though the Report is not in any way startling, it is a . highly important document. This was bound to be so as the......

The Majority Report Provides A Full Survey Of The Incidence

of the various forms of taxation. The opinion is expressed that the standard of living of the wage-earner has, on the whole, improved since 1914--this in spite of the fact that......

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