31 AUGUST 1934, page 2

Russia And Japan Normally The Note Addressed By The Soviet

Govern- ment to the Japanese Foreign Minister in regard to the Chinese Eastern Railway would be read as something little short of an ultimatum. But Oriental diplomacy has its......

The Ganges Floods In The Wake Of The Earthquake Last

January has come the hardly less devastating visitation of floods to the sorely pressed districts of the United Provinces and Bihar. From Allahabad in the United Provinces to......

Wage-earners' Life Insurance The Report Of The Industrial...

which was published last Friday, contains passages which form an instructive comment on some recent corre- spondence in The Spectator. The report deals with the year 1932, and......

Lord Craigavon And General O'duffy Irish Rhetoric Takes...

and baffling forms, both in the North and the South. We are aceustomed to the extravagances of Mr. de Valera, but what are we to make of the words of his political opponent,......

Lancashire And Australia Lancashire's Protest Against The...

imposed by the Australian Government on certain classes of cotton yarns and piece goods was abundantly justified, and has not been treated in the manner which was to be expected......

Liberty League And New Deal At Washington Larger Issues Than

even the textile strike involves are at stake. As an article in last week's Spectator clearly indicated, the more conservative of the President's political supporters arc......

The Weak Link In Electricity Supply The Rapid Increase In

the use of electricity in this country may be judged by the fact that its generation has increased from 8,234 million units in 1927 to 18,554 million in 1933. That improvement......