2 DECEMBER 1938, page 2

Anglo-french Defences Mr. Chamberlain's Assurance In The...

that no new commitments to France were made during his Paris visit has not removed fears that in the event of war this country will be expected to despatch an army on a conti-......

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The Future of the Young Offender The welcome given to the Penal Reform Bill, whose second reading the Home Secretary moved in the House of Commons on Tuesday, was so general and......

Labour Legislation In The West Indies The Royal...

the West Indies opened its public sessions in Jamaica on November 4th ; last week the Manchester Guardian reprinted from the Daily Gleaner of Jamaica an exceptionally......

An Italian Demonstration The Faith Placed By Totalitarian...

prearranged demonstrations posing as spontaneous is one of the features of such regimes that will never be intelligible to democracies. Count Ciano's much-heralded ,speech in......

* * * * German Finance In A Lecture To

the German Academy this week, the President of the Reichsbank, Dr. Schacht, made a spirited defence of the new financial structure he has created in Germany. It was the more......

The Distressed Areas The Distressed Areas Have Apparently...

interest Parliament. When the continuation of the Special Areas Act was debated this week, there were scarcely enough members present, out of a House of 615, to fcrm a quorum......

Poland And The Soviet Union The " Friendly Agreement "

reached by Poland and the Soviet Union this week has caused much surprise and speculation. It reaffirms the non-aggression pact signed in 1025 and in force until 1945, and......