31 OCTOBER 1925, page 1

News Of The Week

Air • PAINLEVE'S Government has resigned and the • hopes of an immediate scheme for financial re- covery go with it. The fall of the Government comes at a most unfortunate......

As Regards Morocco, The Well-informed Tangier Corre-...

-Times said in Wednesday's paper that though war had become inevitable when it broke out it might have been avoided if the French had explained their aims during the previous......

We Have Written In Our First Leading Article About The

deplorable events at Damascus. We shall not commit ourselves to any of the estimates of the 'damage 'done or of the number of lives lost, as the reports are contradictory, and......

Be Pointed Out That Whereas He Had A Policy, Or

at all events a skeleton of a policy, the Socialists had none. It is true that the Socialists demand a Capital Levy, but they accepted the wishy-washy, almost meaningless,......

It Is Only Fair To Say That Frenchmen At Home

are as much concerned as foreign observers aboiit the events in Syria. It is to be expected that if General Sarrail, the High Commissioner, is not recalled he will at least be......

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