12 FEBRUARY 1921, page 2

In A Speech On Saturday Evening The Prime Minister Empha-

sized the fact that trade depression was largely due to the breakdown of the exchanges. " Trading under these conditions is like playing billiards in an Atlantic liner when......

We Are Delighted To See That Lord Robert Cecil Has

accepted the Chairmanship of the Parliamentary Committee of the People's Union of Economy. As the People's Union is a non- party organization Lord Robert Cecil ought to be an......

The Draft Mandates For Palestine And Mesopotamia, Which...

come before the Council of the League of Nations on February 21st, were published unofficially last week. The Palestine mandate makes Great Britain " responsible for placing the......

The Prime Minister Spoke At Birmingham On Saturday Last...

the reparation to be made by Germany. The Treaty of Versailles, he said, must be respected. The German military machine must be " not merely broken up, but broken beyond......

The Prime Minister Referred To The Reichstag Speech Made By

Dr. Simons, who, he said, was a very sincere and honest statesman. Dr. Simons had misunderstood the proposals of the. Paris Conference. He would advise Dr. Simons not to persist......

Mr. Chamberlain, For Once Defying Immemorial Precedents,...

at Birmingham on Thursday, February 3rd, a forecast of the coming Budget. The Excess Profits Duty, he announced, would not be renewed. All businesses existing in 1914 would pay......

The Returns Of The Polling In South Africa On Tuesday

are incomplete, but it looks as if the courage of General Smuts and the self-sacrifice of the Unionists in merging themselves in the South African Party have been rewarded.......

Mr. Chamberlain Contradicted The Rumour That The Govern-...

to bring in a " popular " Budget and then appeal to the country. A popular Budget, with a debt of £8,000,000,000, was impossible. He suggested that the Budget must amount to......

The Prime Minister Addressed The Welsh National Liberal...

Wednesday, with special reference to the Cardigan by-election. The Council was so far moved by his speech as to resolve, by 43 votes to 5, to support the Coalition candidate,......