6 FEBRUARY 1932, page 2

That Is The Miserable Tale Which Rings In The Ears

of the workers for peace at Geneva. Happily there are some pleasanter facts to record. The active co-opera- tion of the British and United States Consuls-General at Shanghai has......

* * * * Lord Irwin In India

The Indian Govenunent has steadily continued • to suppress Congress demonstrations, which are now illegal, and there is reason to suppose that its firmness in maintaining order......

The Prime Minister

The Prime Minister was absent, for we regret to learn that he has had to have an operation on one eye. That he is in good health otherwise he showed in his constituency last......

The Secretary Of State For Foreign Affairs, Who Is Barely

recovered from influenza, was present to make a state- ment about Shanghai, on the lines of the story..that we have told above. Mr. Lansbury demanded a, debate in exactly the......

The Council Of The League Has Had These Troubles Before

it daily. A Committee drew up an earnest declaration on the duties of the two disputant members of the League. Such a document is of no use in itself, but the weight of world's......

On Sunday, While Many Thousands Of Chinese Refugees...

the Foreign Settlements area for protec- tion, a Conference was held and arrangements for the truce to continue with a neutral zone were discussed and referred by the Japanese......

The International Settlement The British Subjects In...

thousands, of whom by no means all live within the International Settlement. There are vessels of the Royal Navy in the harbour, and we cannot be too thank- ful that three......