29 JANUARY 1921, page 2

M. Briand, The New French Premier, Explained His Policy In

the Chamber on Thursday, January 20th. He began by saying that, for the security of France, Germany must be disarmed, and that she must give the reparation due under the Peace......

Mr. Masterman, Who Would Appear To Be The Chief Author

of the Independent Liberals' new programme, has been constrained to defend it, in the Manchester Guardian for Wednesday, against fellow-Independents in Manchester who......

The Independent Liberals, Not To Be Behind The Coalition And

the Labour Party, published on Saturday last a draft of an industrial policy. A National Industrial Council, representing employers, workmen, and the community, with a Minister......

M. Briand Spoke Again In The Chamber On Friday, January2lat.

On the question how and what Germany should pay, M. Briand warned the Chamber not to compromise the future for an imme- diate advantage by under-estimating Germany's capacity......

Signor Giolitti Ended The Strike In The Italian Metal Trades

last year by promising to introduce a Bill giving the workmen a share of the control in each industry. The Bill was published on Tuesday. In each of the ten main industries, one......

It Is Obvious That The First Need Is For Labour

to co - operate with the Government. However callous a Government might be—and as regards unemployment the Government are by no means callous—the only hope of achieving anything......

The Committee Rightly Denounced More Relief Works As...

must be found in other ways, especi- ally for the skilled workmen. The working day must be re- stricted to eight hours, so that more persons might be employed. Overtime must be......

The Labour Party Executive And The Parliamentary Com-...

the Trade Union Congress appointed their committee on January 11th, and this body on Saturday, January 22nd, published a lengthy exposition of policy in regard to unemploy-......

The Supreme Council Of The Allies Met In Paris On

Monday and is still sitting as we write on Thursday. It decided on Tuesday to deal with the Near East at a later conference in London, to which Greek and Turkish delegates will......

President Wilson Sent A Note To The League Of Nations

last week in which he declined to propose American help for Armenia unless the Powers made " a public and solemn engage- ment " to guarantee Russia against aggression. The......