18 DECEMBER 1936, page 2

Crisis In China • Various Theories Have Been Put Forward

to explain the kidnapping of General Chiang Kai-shek by the Young Marshal, Chang Hsueh-liang. The simplest is that the Young Marshal, about to lose his position . as commander......

Reform Of The League The League Of Nations Committee...

what is cautiously defined as "the application of the principles of the Covenant" is taking an unconscionable time in getting going. There is some excuse for that, for funda-......

Germany And Frankfurter On Tuesday David Frankfurter, A...

was convicted of the murder of Herr Gustlov, chief Nazi agent in Switzerland, and sentenced to eighteen years' imprisonment ; there is no death penalty in the canton of Grisons,......

Berlin And Chicago Both Berlin And Chicago On Tuesday Showed

the effects of Germany's attempt to achieve economic self- sufficiency. In Berlin the Institute of Business Research told German housewives to cut down consumption of meat,......

Transatlantic The Dinner Attended By The Prime Minister...

American Ambassador at the House of Commons on Tuesday to consider how mutual understanding between this country and the United States could be further fostered is of admirable......

Mr. De Valera And The Commonwealth The Necessity To...

a measure to provide for the recognition of the abdication of King Edward has provided Mr. de Valera with an early opportunity to put into legislative effect the amendments of......