6 JANUARY 1939, page 6

Economy At Geneva The Committee Appointed To Recommend...

the administration of the League of Nations has, as was expected, decided to propose a cut of 20 per cent. in the League Budget. It could hardly have done otherwise. On the one......

Naval Discussions In One Sense There Is Definite...

be derived from the proposed increase in Germany's naval strength. The case is so completely covered by her naval agreements with Great Britain that her action has given no......

The Resignation Of Prince Konoye's Government Is A Direct...

of the increasing ,strain of Japan's war with China. It is evident that war-needs call for a further militarisation of Japan's economy, on the lines of Admiral Suctsugu's plan......

The Czech Refugees The Report Which Sir Harry Twyfoid Has

issued showing the present position of the fund for the relief of Czech refugees which he opened in October when he was Lord Mayor of London, is a reminder of the magnitude of......

The Battle For Spain A Fortnight Ago General Franco Opened

his great offensive against Catalonia. The front stretches 70 miles from the foothills of the Pyrenees in the north, through the plain of Lerida in the centre, to the coastal......

The Links Between This Country And America Grow More...

almost weekly. The television transmissions from Alexandra Park (officially limited to a thirty miles range) which were picked up in New York this week may as yet be only in the......

Confusion In East L‘forfolk The East Norfolk By-election...

interesting questions. How far is it desirable that local parties should choose their own candidates ? What right has a party central office to send down to the constituencies"......