12 AUGUST 1922, page 3

As The Outcome Of A Lively Agitation In Certain Newspapers,

the Prime Minister announced last week that the Air Force would be strengthened by the provision of five hundred aero- planes for home defence at a cost of £2,000,000 a year. He......

Before The House Adjourned On Friday, August 4th, For The

autumn recess, the Prime Minister made an important statement on the Near East. He ridiculed the suggestion that we had alienated a friendly Turkey, and reminded the House that......

The Select Committee On Estimates Issued Last Week E Report

dealing with the pay and hours of work of Civil Servants, The result of their inquiries is astonishing. The Civil Service Whitley Council has arranged a working week of......

Mr. Lloyd George Went On To Say That We Were

not unduly favouring the Greeks. But for our interference the Greeks could occupy Constantinople and blockade the Asiatic coast to prevent Mustapha Kernel from getting arms from......

The Prime Minister Stated Last Week That The Royal Com-

mission on the Honours question would include—under the chairmanship of Lord Dunedin—Lord Denman, Sir Evelyn Cecil, Sir Samuel Hoare, Sir G. Croydon Marks and Mr. Henderson. The......

The Return Of Signor Facta To Office And The Cessation

of the general strike proclaimed by the Socialists unfortunately failed to restore domestic peace in Italy last week. The anti-Socialist body, who wear black shirts and are......

In The Observer The Elephantine Psycho-analyst Enumerated...

the "compleat elephant trainer":— "You must be gentle and faithful and tender to your elephant. Above all, you must -have a very great deal of patience ; you must love your......

Mr. Collins's Forces During The Week Advanced A Little...

to Cork from the north and the east. A detachment sent by sea landed at Fenit, in County Kerry, and occupied Tralee. On Tuesday other detachments were landed near Cork and at......

On July 22nd We Wrote Of The Lady Indian Elephant

at the Zoo who has been shaming her sex by refusing to work. A mahout was cabled for, and a few days after his arrival proceeded to tame the shrewish creature by a combined......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

July 13, 1922 ; 6 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 1001; Thursday week, 1001 ; a year ago, 88.......