12 JANUARY 1929, page 2

If General - Smuts' Party Would Be Glad To Leave The

native question alone, they would no doubt grasp the opportunity to attack the Government's proposed Treaty with Germany—if that proposal survives long enough —as " injurious to......

' The Chinese Government Has Appointed Mr. Maze...

Maritime . Customs in succession to Mr. Edwardes. He is a nephew of Sir Robert Hart who was Inspector-General _for forty years and built up one of the most efficient......

We Fail To See Any Element Of Surprise In The

Soviet Government's proposal to Poland that the two countries Should at once by special agreement rule Out war without waiting for the Peace Pact to be ratified by all the......

• When Parliament Reassembles, The Channel Tunnel...

slumbered since the Committee of Imperial Defence in 1924 rejected the project, will awake. The House will he invited to reconsider the Tunnel scheme, with regard to the changed......

Naturally, Lithuania Has Accepted With Alacrity The...

peace-parlour, and has agreed to pass it on to her neighbours, knowing perfectly well that her. action will cause considerable embarrassment, for Latvia and Bstonia, though......

On Friday, January 4th, The Prime Minister Of South Africa,

General Hertzog, made a speech at Pretoria which may have grave consequences. He said that cir- cumstances would compel his Government to Make of the native question the main......

The Grand Duke. Nicholas Of -russia, The Uncle Of The

Tsar, whose death at the age of seventy-two we regret to record,' will be remembered in: history as having com-, mandecl the . Rtissian Army during the first two years of the......

With The New Factor Of Air Power, That Argument Would

appear to be no longer valid. Yet we are not so sure--witness France's determination to fortify her Eastern frontier according to the best traditions of Vauban, for the sake of......