3 OCTOBER 1931, page 9

" On The Contrary, Holders Of Sterling Abroad, And Indeed

at home, rushed in a panic to buy dollars, francs and lire ; debtors, so far from paying, wait for a better moment. Industry has indeed obtained a breathing space, but how long......

" The British Government Was Faced With The Dilemma :

either force up prices to the level of the currency by a social policy, the danger of which was clearly visible in the revolt in the Fleet, or bring down the value of the......

Considered Trifles

HORTICULTURE AND HARMONY. When Mr. Wiles opened the Port of London Authority Horticultural Society's flower show last week, he is reported to have said, " Nothing leads to......

To Our Friends Across The Channel, Who To-day Arc Going

through the pangs that we suffered five years ago, we may perhaps be allowed to hold up our country as an example. "We didn't ask any other nation to hand over its gold......

" The Government And The Bank Of England Clung To

their illusions. They hoped that by not increasing the volume of notes the currency would have a slight and gradual deprecia- tion, namely, a little oxygen for British industry,......

"since For Several Years The Industry And Commerce Of Great

Britain attributed their difficulties to the immediately visible cause of a dearth of credit, and at a time when Germany and other countries flooded the markets of the world, to......

Through European Eyes [nothing Could Be More Useful For...

Britain than to see how her difficulties are regarded abroad. li - e shall therefore publish during the next few weeks a representative selection of extracts translated from the......

One Must Repeat That The Abandonment Of The Gold Standard

has not had any appreciable effect on a people that has been without gold for seventeen years, 50 per cent. of whom have never seen a gold coin. . . . The Englishman pays his......