5 APRIL 1919, page 2

A Commission Of The Peace - Conference Has Drafted A...

for the international regulation of labour questions, which at any rate sets an ideal standard to which the various countries may conform hereafter. America was unable to accept......

The Figures Published On Tuesday For The Financial Year Just

ended do not quite reach the one-time expected revenue of 900 millions, but they exceed by' 7 millions the Budget estimate made in April. 1918. The revenue is 889 millions : the......

The Appointment Of A Royal Commission To Inquire Into The

Income Tax ie the first step towards the reform of that great and essential tax, which has unhappily become more inequitable than usual in its incidence under the stress of war.......

Such Considerations As These Bring Us Inevitably And...

to the conclusion that the one and only fair means of levying direct taxation is by means of the existing Income Tax. Let every man and every woman be taxed on the income which,......

There Are Many Rumours About The Character Of The Forth-

coming Budget. The governing principle in the new financial year ought certainly to be that the restrictions on trade shall be removed as speedily as possible, and that......

The Vagaries Of The French Judicial System, And The...

of its machinery to the tampering fingers of the -politician, are illustrated once again in the acquittal of Villain, the murderer of 3L James. Villain did deliberately slay the......

The Rising In Egypt Has Not Been No Serious As

the compara- tive silence of the Government has led some people to suppose. The disaffected people were inspired by disappointed place- seekers among the Egyptian Pashas, by the......

It May Be Taken For Certain That The Government Mean

to establish Imperial Preference, and under the new conditions we have no opposition whatever to offer. Tariffs that were undesirable once will now be required for revenue......

The British Empire Must Never Again Be Found Wanting If

it is to stand a state of siege. It is largely on thegromid that the Imperial garrison must be kept well stocked with necessaries that Imperial Preference can no longer be......

The Rumour That Mr. Chamberlain Has Been Considering A...

tax on all profits over 10 per cent. seems too bad to be true. The difficulties of collecting such a tax fairly would be enormous. Take the case of a small investor who on the......