7 MARCH 1925, page 2

• * * The Inauguration Of President Coolidge At Washington

took place on Wednesday without most of the usual expensive display of decorations. The Inaugural Address, like the scene in which it was set, was marked by sim- plicity. Those......

* * * * We Regret To Record The Death,

which occurred last Saturday, of the German President, Herr Ebert. The future of Germany, which is the most important single factor in the European situation, may be modified or......

* * * * The Turkish Prime Minister, Fethi Bey,

has fallen as a result of an adverse vote with regard to the measures for suppressing the Kurdish revolt. The Constantinople correspondent of the Times says that either the......

* * * * If All These Conditions Are Agreed

to the logic of the matter is that Germany herself should take part in the guarantee of security. We are glad to see that Lord Grey of Fallodon on Wednesday spoke of Germany's......

On Saturday Last Sir Basil Blackett, The Finance Member Of

Council, introduced his Budget into the Indian Assembly. It was a far more cheering measure than any. Indian Budget of recent years. The reforms and retrenchments which have......

* * * * To Promise France That We Shall

stand by her if she is wantonly attacked again by Germany is only to promise what we should probably have to do in any case. But, even so, there are wise and unwise methods of......

* * * * The Real Difficulty Will Arise When

the task of finding Herr Ebert's successor is undertaken. By the Weimar Constitution, the President is elected, as in America, by the direct vote of the nation. It is......

Meanwhile The Air Is Full Of Rumours As To How

far the British Government will go in meeting French wishes about security. The Chicago Tribune has pub- lished what purported to be the substance of a British Cabinet......

On Tuesday The Conference Of Ambassadors, To Whom The...

Report had been referred, met only to adjourn. They asked for further information from Marshal Foch. It seems now, however, that the substance of the Report ought to be......