14 MARCH 1931, page 2

The Coal Trouble, * • On Monday It Was Announced That

owing to the reduced quota for March, many pits in the Midlands area, partici'. larly in Yorkshire, would not be. able to_ supply their customers, and that prices - would in......

But When We Write Mr. Baldwin Has Yet To Be

heard. We believe in his good faith implicitly. There will, of course, be explanations, as indeed there have been already. Let us see what can be said in extenuation of the......

There Is Considerably More Weight, We Think, In The Opinion

expressed by Sir John Fischer Williams in a letter to the Times of Monday. The proposed Board of Arbitrators would have in nearly every case to decide the matter at issue on......

This Stupendous Total—four Times Our Pre-war Expendi-...

increase over last year, rightly cause much uneasiness. The cost of the Defence Services has been but slightly reduced, but the Civil expenditure has again risen, largely on......

The Estimates • The Estimates For 1931-32 Published...

week. end have done nothing to dissipate the gloomy forebod- ings with which Mr. Snowden's Budget is awaited. It looks as though the Chancellor of the Exchequer—who, we trust,......

If These Are The Facts, Mr. Baldwin Will Have Little

difficulty in reconciling the botched resolution of the India Committee with his pledges. He may be right or he may be wrong about an early continuation of the Round Table......

On Wednesday The Special Correspondent Of The News -...

opinion in India had swung in favour of London, instead of Simla, as the next meeting place for the Round Table Conference and that Mr. Gandhi has expressed his willingness to......

The General Act The House Of Commons On Monday Agreed

by a sub- stantial majority to accede to the General Act of Inter- national Arbitration. Mr. Henderson laid great stress on the moral value of Great Britain's signature in rein-......