5 SEPTEMBER 1925, page 2

Of Course, There Is Something In The French Retort, "

Well, do not commit any aggression and there will be no trouble." But actually that argument is not quite good enough. It begs the whole question. As regards the first point......

The Council Of The League Of Nations Met On Wednes.

day, and next week the Assembly will reopen. No ques- tion which affects Great Britain is at the moment attracting more attention than the problem of Mosul, involving as it does......

It May Be Said, " Surely, The Plain Solution Is

to revise the Peace Treaty." But Germany knows perfectly well that France will not dream of consenting to that. She ought to remember that Great Britain is compelled by the......

The Strike Has Spread To South Africa And New Zealand

and it has been felt here specially at Southampton and Avonmouth. The Port of London has been less affected. Behind all this there are, as we have pointed out elsewhere, minds......

Germany, In Reply To The French Note On The Pact

of Security, has accepted the invitation to take part in a legal conference. That is a distinct point to the good. The Notes which have been exchanged could not have served a......

If The League Should Decide To Give Mosul To Turkey,

Great Britain, it is safe to say, would not contemplate the possibility of continuing the mandate for Iraq, which under the present arrangement will end in August, 1928. It......

Never Faltering, Mr. Bruce Then Proceeded To Put Through...

for the establishment of a Common- wealth police force to carry out the orders of the Central Government. After heated debates he succeeded in passing this legislation, but he......

The Attempt To Overthrow Mr. Havelock Wilson And His Union

began about a fortnight ago, when Mr. Walsh (the President of the Seamen's Union at Sydney) and Mr. johannsen incited British seamen arriving at Sydney to repudiate the......