3 MAY 1919, page 2

The American Delegates, However, Dissented From The Emend...

the Report. They propose that there should be penalties only for breaches of international Conventions, and not for particular deeds which have offended against the general......

The First Of These Clauses Begins With The Following Words

: " The Allied and Associated Powers publicly arraign William II. of Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor, not for an offence against criminal law, but for a supreme offence......

The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Concluded By Saying That...

new taxes would yield in a full normal year £108,950,000, including the temporary Excess Profits Duty of £50,000,000, and would produce this year £41,450,000 in additional net......

The Report Of The Peace Conference Committee On War Crimea

was summarized in the papers of Monday. According to this summary, it is divided into two parts. The first deals with the responsibility for the - war itself, and the second......

The Italian Chamber Responded To Signor Orlando's Appeal...

its confidence in the Government. Three hundred and eighty Deputies voted for the motion ; only -forty advanced Socialists, who are always " agin the Government " on principle,......

It Is Essential For The Great Powers To Make It

clearly under- stood that the legal agreements and moral customs of nations which have been so painfully built up by the growth-of civilization cannot: be defied without dire......

Signor Orlando:on His Journey- Through Italy Was...

crowds, and at Rome last Saturday he had an enthusiastic greeting. In a speech outside the railway station he said that Italy had a grave decision to take. " Food supplies are......

Mr. Adamson, For The Labour Party, •advised The...

practise economy—advice which comes oddly from such a quarter. He advocated the raising of the minimum taxable income to £250, and the abolition of indirect taxation on all......

We Record With Pleasure The Appointment Of Sir Eric Drum-

mond as Secretary-General to the League of Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. The choice of a British diplomatist for this important post is a high -compliment to Great......

Before Leaving Paris On Thursday Week, Signor Orlando...

statement in reply to the manifesto in which-President Wilson rejected the Italian claim to Fiume. The Italian Premier expressed regret that the President should have seemed to......

We Have Several Times Stated Our Opinion That The Punish-

ment of the Kaiser and the high authorities who procured the war would be an act of genuine importance, impressive for both moral and symbolical reasons. If It were to be an act......

The New Taxes, Mr. Chamberlain Continued, Would Not...

Luxury Tax nor any increase of the Income Tax and Super Tax, which were the subject of a full inquiry by a Royal Commission. He proposed to raise £19,850,000 by increasing the......

The German Peace Delegates, Headedby The. Foreign...

arrived at Versailles on Tuesday. It is uncertain, as we write on Thursday, whether they have full powers to sign a Treaty, or when the Allied terms will be presented to them......