28 DECEMBER 1929, page 3

In The United States This White Paper Seems To Have

caused a quite unnecessary pother, being widely inter- preted as an offence to American sovereignty. Our New York correspondent last week seemed to encourage that American......

The Proposed Tariff Truce Australia Is By No Means The

only offender against the spirit of international co-operation, to which lip-service is paid each year in Geneva. A meeting has recently been held in Paris to examine the......

We Hope, Of Course, That British Manufacturers Will " Study

seriously the question If adaptation to the peculiarities of that market," but this will depend almost entirely on the City. M. Sokolnikoff throws out a broad hint that his......

A New White Paper Explains What It All Signified, When,

amid acclamation, the Government announced at Geneva that Great Britain would sign the Optional Clause of the Hague Statutes. This very praiseworthy attempt to ensure . an......

Palestine The Times Of Friday, December 20th, Published...

letter from Lord Balfour, Mr. Lloyd George and General Smuts—members of the War Cabinet responsible for the Balfour Declaration in regard to Palestine—urging that the present......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 51 Per Cent.

on December 12th, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Monday 99; ; on Monday week, 99; ; a year ago, 162 ; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Monday 851 ; on Monday week, 851 ; a......

Great Britain And Soviet Russia On Friday, December 20th,...

Prince of Wales received the new Soviet Ambassador, who presented his credentials: Afterwards Mr. Sokolnikoff called at the Foreign Office, and Notes were exchanged on the......