3 MARCH 1933, page 2

South Africa Decides

The South African political manoeuvres have ended at last, and the Union is definitely to have its National Government, with General Hertzog as its MacDonald, and General Smuts......

* * * * The Future Of The Railways In

his speech at the annual general meeting of the L.M.S. Sir Josiah Stamp claimed that the railways are abandoning the conservative traditions of the past, and the big savings in......

The Arms Embargo .

The decision of the Government to proclaim an embargo on the export of arms to Japan is to be cordially wel- comed. It is the obvious corollary of the unanimous vote of February......

The Indian Scene The Introduction Of The Untouchability...

in the Legislative Assembly at Delhi has been delayed by Hindu obstruction. The. Finance Member, Sir George Schuster, in bringing in the budget, has been able to report not only......

The Rotherham Result

The swing over of votes in favour of Labour at the Rotherham by-election is so big that it can hardly. be accounted for by the removal of the exceptional conditions of the......

The Civil Estimates The Tax-payer Has Little Comfort To...

froth a study of the Civil Estimates for 1988 - 84. Though the figures show an apparent' reduction of about £82,000,000 on the actual (as opposed to the estimated) expenditure......

* * * * Sir John And Sir Austen

But the Foreign Secretary is still resolved to maintain at any cost his reputation as apologist for Japan, and his speech on Monday was in his best traditional vein. It......