7 MARCH 1931, page 2

The Mixed Arbitral Tribunals The Mixed Arbitral Tribunals...

under Article 304 of the Treaty of Versailles have been on the whole successful experiments. There is no doubt about the success of the Anglo-German tribunal, the principal......

The Confusion Of The Parties The Political Confusion...

Nobody knows what programme the Government will produce in order to replace the Bills which are being slaughtered one after another, though it is true that the Alternative Vote......

The Red Cross Two International Conventions Enlarging The...

Red Cross work in war-time were laid before Parliament on Monday. They were signed at Geneva in July, 1929, and are now to be ratified. One of them strengthens the Red Cross......

The Trade Disputes Bill We Have Written Elsewhere About The

issue of the Trade Disputes Bill, but may mention here that before the Bill was abandoned on Tuesday there were many comings and goings between Cabinet Ministers and the Liberal......

We Arc Unfeignedly Glad That Mr. Gandhi, On His Side,

has dropped his inadmissible demand about the police. Last week we expressed our concern about this because long experience has shown that when a Government throws over, or......

Progress In China In Spite Of The Temptation, In The

present state of China, to continue the present party dictatorship, the Central Executive of the Kuomintang has decided to draft a provisional Constitution. This represents a......

It Will Be The Part Of Unimaginative Thinkers To Exclaim

with horror that Lord Irwin has " surrendered " about the salt tax. As a matter of fact, he has yielded some- thing which only a craven fear of being called weak could have......

The New Australian Cabinet The New Australian Cabinet...

Scullin in the ascendant. At the meeting of the Federal Labour Caucus on Monday all the Ministries were declared vacant, and a ballot was taken to fill the posts. Mr. Scullin......

In Fine, The Labour-liberal Compact Was In A Fair Way

to be continued, but these tactics broke down utterly before the determination of the ordinary Labour members and the ordinary Liberals not to compromise. We cannot be surprised......